On Wed, 2018-11-07 at 12:14 +0100, Thomas HUMMEL wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was playing with the externally managed concept and I experienced
> the 
> following :
> 
> modifying an autocreated/autoconnected profile corresponding to an 
> externally managed device seems to be (silently) auto-reapplied.
> Afterward, once NetworkManager takes over (and really manages the 
> device), everything is back to normal. Is this a legit/normal
> situation ?
> 
> Ex :
> 
> # ip address add 192.168.10.200/24 dev eth1
> # nmcli connexion modify eth1 802-3-ethernet.mtu 9000
> # ip addr shows eth1 has changed its mtu for 9000, no device
> reapplied 
> or connexion up has been needed and no message (as in nmcli device 
> modify) telling anything has been reapplied.
> 
> My guess is that's normal since telling a profile has been reapplied 
> would imply that de device is (normally) managed...Since behavior 
> surprised me.

hi,

yes, that is suprising and inconsistent.

I wrote about that here:
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616363#c3



best,
Thomas

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