nm-utils

nm-utils — Utility functions

Functions

gboolean nm_utils_is_empty_ssid ()
const char * nm_utils_escape_ssid ()
gboolean nm_utils_same_ssid ()
char * nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8 ()
gboolean nm_utils_security_valid ()
gboolean nm_utils_ap_mode_security_valid ()
gboolean nm_utils_wep_key_valid ()
gboolean nm_utils_wpa_psk_valid ()
gboolean nm_utils_is_json_object ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip4_dns_to_variant ()
char ** nm_utils_ip4_dns_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip4_addresses_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip4_addresses_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip4_routes_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip4_routes_from_variant ()
guint32 nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix ()
guint32 nm_utils_ip4_prefix_to_netmask ()
guint32 nm_utils_ip4_get_default_prefix ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip6_dns_to_variant ()
char ** nm_utils_ip6_dns_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip6_addresses_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip6_addresses_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip6_routes_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip6_routes_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip_addresses_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip_addresses_from_variant ()
GVariant * nm_utils_ip_routes_to_variant ()
GPtrArray * nm_utils_ip_routes_from_variant ()
char * nm_utils_uuid_generate ()
gboolean (*NMUtilsFileSearchInPathsPredicate) ()
gboolean (*NMUtilsCheckFilePredicate) ()
const char * nm_utils_file_search_in_paths ()
guint32 nm_utils_wifi_freq_to_channel ()
guint32 nm_utils_wifi_channel_to_freq ()
guint32 nm_utils_wifi_find_next_channel ()
gboolean nm_utils_wifi_is_channel_valid ()
const guint * nm_utils_wifi_2ghz_freqs ()
const guint * nm_utils_wifi_5ghz_freqs ()
const char * nm_utils_wifi_strength_bars ()
gsize nm_utils_hwaddr_len ()
char * nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa ()
GByteArray * nm_utils_hwaddr_atoba ()
guint8 * nm_utils_hwaddr_aton ()
gboolean nm_utils_hwaddr_valid ()
char * nm_utils_hwaddr_canonical ()
gboolean nm_utils_hwaddr_matches ()
char * nm_utils_bin2hexstr ()
GBytes * nm_utils_hexstr2bin ()
gboolean nm_utils_iface_valid_name ()
gboolean nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name ()
gboolean nm_utils_is_uuid ()
const char * nm_utils_inet4_ntop ()
const char * nm_utils_inet6_ntop ()
gboolean nm_utils_ipaddr_valid ()
gboolean nm_utils_check_virtual_device_compatibility ()
int nm_utils_bond_mode_string_to_int ()
const char * nm_utils_bond_mode_int_to_string ()
char * nm_utils_enum_to_str ()
gboolean nm_utils_enum_from_str ()
const char ** nm_utils_enum_get_values ()
guint nm_utils_version ()
GHashTable * nm_utils_parse_variant_attributes ()
char * nm_utils_format_variant_attributes ()
NMTCQdisc * nm_utils_tc_qdisc_from_str ()
char * nm_utils_tc_qdisc_to_str ()
NMTCAction * nm_utils_tc_action_from_str ()
char * nm_utils_tc_action_to_str ()
NMTCTfilter * nm_utils_tc_tfilter_from_str ()
char * nm_utils_tc_tfilter_to_str ()
char * nm_utils_sriov_vf_to_str ()
NMSriovVF * nm_utils_sriov_vf_from_str ()
gint64 nm_utils_get_timestamp_msec ()
gboolean nm_utils_base64secret_decode ()
void nm_utils_ensure_gtypes ()

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GEnum
    ╰── NMUtilsSecurityType

Description

A collection of utility functions for working with SSIDs, IP addresses, Wi-Fi access points and devices, among other things.

Functions

nm_utils_is_empty_ssid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_is_empty_ssid (const guint8 *ssid,
                        gsize len);

Different manufacturers use different mechanisms for not broadcasting the AP's SSID. This function attempts to detect blank/empty SSIDs using a number of known SSID-cloaking methods.

Parameters

ssid

pointer to a buffer containing the SSID data.

[array length=len]

len

length of the SSID data in ssid

 

Returns

TRUE if the SSID is "empty", FALSE if it is not


nm_utils_escape_ssid ()

const char *
nm_utils_escape_ssid (const guint8 *ssid,
                      gsize len);

nm_utils_escape_ssid has been deprecated since version 1.46 and should not be used in newly-written code.

use nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8() or nm_utils_bin2hexstr().

This function does a quick printable character conversion of the SSID, simply replacing embedded NULLs and non-printable characters with the hexadecimal representation of that character. Intended for debugging only, should not be used for display of SSIDs.

Warning: this function uses a static buffer. It is not thread-safe. Don't use this function.

Parameters

ssid

pointer to a buffer containing the SSID data.

[array length=len]

len

length of the SSID data in ssid

 

Returns

pointer to the escaped SSID, which uses an internal static buffer and will be overwritten by subsequent calls to this function


nm_utils_same_ssid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_same_ssid (const guint8 *ssid1,
                    gsize len1,
                    const guint8 *ssid2,
                    gsize len2,
                    gboolean ignore_trailing_null);

Earlier versions of the Linux kernel added a NULL byte to the end of the SSID to enable easy printing of the SSID on the console or in a terminal, but this behavior was problematic (SSIDs are simply byte arrays, not strings) and thus was changed. This function compensates for that behavior at the cost of some compatibility with odd SSIDs that may legitimately have trailing NULLs, even though that is functionally pointless.

Parameters

ssid1

the first SSID to compare.

[array length=len1]

len1

length of the SSID data in ssid1

 

ssid2

the second SSID to compare.

[array length=len2]

len2

length of the SSID data in ssid2

 

ignore_trailing_null

TRUE to ignore one trailing NULL byte

 

Returns

TRUE if the SSIDs are the same, FALSE if they are not


nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8 ()

char *
nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8 (const guint8 *ssid,
                       gsize len);

Wi-Fi SSIDs are byte arrays, they are _not_ strings. Thus, an SSID may contain embedded NULLs and other unprintable characters. Often it is useful to print the SSID out for debugging purposes, but that should be the _only_ use of this function. Do not use this function for any persistent storage of the SSID, since the printable SSID returned from this function cannot be converted back into the real SSID of the access point.

This function does almost everything humanly possible to convert the input into a printable UTF-8 string, using roughly the following procedure:

1) if the input data is already UTF-8 safe, no conversion is performed 2) attempts to get the current system language from the LANG environment variable, and depending on the language, uses a table of alternative encodings to try. For example, if LANG=hu_HU, the table may first try the ISO-8859-2 encoding, and if that fails, try the Windows-1250 encoding. If all fallback encodings fail, replaces non-UTF-8 characters with '?'. 3) If the system language was unable to be determined, falls back to the ISO-8859-1 encoding, then to the Windows-1251 encoding. 4) If step 3 fails, replaces non-UTF-8 characters with '?'.

Again, this function should be used for debugging and display purposes _only_.

Parameters

ssid

pointer to a buffer containing the SSID data.

[array length=len]

len

length of the SSID data in ssid

 

Returns

an allocated string containing a UTF-8 representation of the SSID, which must be freed by the caller using g_free(). Returns NULL on errors.

[transfer full]


nm_utils_security_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_security_valid (NMUtilsSecurityType type,
                         NMDeviceWifiCapabilities wifi_caps,
                         gboolean have_ap,
                         gboolean adhoc,
                         NM80211ApFlags ap_flags,
                         NM80211ApSecurityFlags ap_wpa,
                         NM80211ApSecurityFlags ap_rsn);

Given a set of device capabilities, and a desired security type to check against, determines whether the combination of device, desired security type, and AP capabilities intersect.

NOTE: this function cannot handle checking security for AP/Hotspot mode; use nm_utils_ap_mode_security_valid() instead.

Parameters

type

the security type to check AP flags and device capabilities against, e.g. NMU_SEC_STATIC_WEP

 

wifi_caps

bitfield of the capabilities of the specific Wi-Fi device, e.g. NM_WIFI_DEVICE_CAP_CIPHER_WEP40

 

have_ap

whether the ap_flags , ap_wpa , and ap_rsn arguments are valid

 

adhoc

whether the capabilities being tested are from an Ad-Hoc AP (IBSS)

 

ap_flags

bitfield of AP capabilities, e.g. NM_802_11_AP_FLAGS_PRIVACY

 

ap_wpa

bitfield of AP capabilities derived from the AP's WPA beacon, e.g. (NM_802_11_AP_SEC_PAIR_TKIP | NM_802_11_AP_SEC_KEY_MGMT_PSK)

 

ap_rsn

bitfield of AP capabilities derived from the AP's RSN/WPA2 beacon, e.g. (NM_802_11_AP_SEC_PAIR_CCMP | NM_802_11_AP_SEC_PAIR_TKIP)

 

Returns

TRUE if the device capabilities and AP capabilities intersect and are compatible with the desired type , FALSE if they are not


nm_utils_ap_mode_security_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_ap_mode_security_valid (NMUtilsSecurityType type,
                                 NMDeviceWifiCapabilities wifi_caps);

Given a set of device capabilities, and a desired security type to check against, determines whether the combination of device capabilities and desired security type are valid for AP/Hotspot connections.

Parameters

type

the security type to check device capabilities against, e.g. NMU_SEC_STATIC_WEP

 

wifi_caps

bitfield of the capabilities of the specific Wi-Fi device, e.g. NM_WIFI_DEVICE_CAP_CIPHER_WEP40

 

Returns

TRUE if the device capabilities are compatible with the desired type , FALSE if they are not.


nm_utils_wep_key_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_wep_key_valid (const char *key,
                        NMWepKeyType wep_type);

Checks if key is a valid WEP key

Parameters

key

a string that might be a WEP key

 

wep_type

the NMWepKeyType type of the WEP key

 

Returns

TRUE if key is a WEP key, FALSE if not


nm_utils_wpa_psk_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_wpa_psk_valid (const char *psk);

Checks if psk is a valid WPA PSK

Parameters

psk

a string that might be a WPA PSK

 

Returns

TRUE if psk is a WPA PSK, FALSE if not


nm_utils_is_json_object ()

gboolean
nm_utils_is_json_object (const char *str,
                         GError **error);

Parameters

str

the JSON string to test

 

error

optional error reason

 

Returns

whether the passed string is valid JSON. If libnm is not compiled with libjansson support, this check will also return TRUE for possibly invalid inputs. If that is a problem for you, you must validate the JSON yourself.

Since: 1.6


nm_utils_ip4_dns_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip4_dns_to_variant (char **dns);

Utility function to convert an array of IP address strings int a GVariant of type 'au' representing an array of IPv4 addresses.

Parameters

dns

an array of IP address strings.

[type utf8]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing dns .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip4_dns_from_variant ()

char **
nm_utils_ip4_dns_from_variant (GVariant *value);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'au' representing a list of IPv4 addresses into an array of IP address strings.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'au'

 

Returns

a NULL-terminated array of IP address strings.

[transfer full][type utf8]


nm_utils_ip4_addresses_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip4_addresses_to_variant (GPtrArray *addresses,
                                   const char *gateway);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects representing IPv4 addresses into a GVariant of type 'aau' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv4 addresses (which are tuples of address, prefix, and gateway). The "gateway" field of the first address will get the value of gateway (if non-NULL). In all of the other addresses, that field will be 0.

Parameters

addresses

an array of NMIPAddress objects.

[element-type NMIPAddress]

gateway

the gateway IP address.

[nullable]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing addresses .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip4_addresses_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip4_addresses_from_variant (GVariant *value,
                                     char **out_gateway);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'aau' representing a list of NetworkManager IPv4 addresses (which are tuples of address, prefix, and gateway) into a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects. The "gateway" field of the first address (if set) will be returned in out_gateway ; the "gateway" fields of the other addresses are ignored. Note that invalid addresses are discarded but the valid addresses are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'aau'

 

out_gateway

on return, will contain the IP gateway.

[out][optional][nullable][transfer full]

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPAddress]


nm_utils_ip4_routes_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip4_routes_to_variant (GPtrArray *routes);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects representing IPv4 routes into a GVariant of type 'aau' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv4 routes (which are tuples of route, prefix, next hop, and metric).

Parameters

routes

an array of NMIP4Route objects.

[element-type NMIPRoute]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing routes .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip4_routes_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip4_routes_from_variant (GVariant *value);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'aau' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv4 routes (which are tuples of route, prefix, next hop, and metric) into a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects. Note that invalid routes are discarded but the valid routes are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

GVariant of type 'aau'

 

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPRoute]


nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix ()

guint32
nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix (guint32 netmask);

Parameters

netmask

an IPv4 netmask in network byte order. Usually the netmask has all leading bits up to the prefix set so that the netmask is identical to having the first prefix bits of the address set. If that is not the case and there are "holes" in the mask, the prefix is determined based on the lowest bit set.

 

Returns

the CIDR prefix represented by the netmask


nm_utils_ip4_prefix_to_netmask ()

guint32
nm_utils_ip4_prefix_to_netmask (guint32 prefix);

Parameters

prefix

a CIDR prefix, must be not larger than 32.

 

Returns

the netmask represented by the prefix, in network byte order


nm_utils_ip4_get_default_prefix ()

guint32
nm_utils_ip4_get_default_prefix (guint32 ip);

When the Internet was originally set up, various ranges of IP addresses were segmented into three network classes: A, B, and C. This function will return a prefix that is associated with the IP address specified defining where it falls in the predefined classes.

Parameters

ip

an IPv4 address (in network byte order)

 

Returns

the default class prefix for the given IP


nm_utils_ip6_dns_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip6_dns_to_variant (char **dns);

Utility function to convert an array of IP address strings int a GVariant of type 'aay' representing an array of IPv6 addresses.

If a string cannot be parsed, it will be silently ignored.

Parameters

dns

an array of IP address strings.

[type utf8]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing dns .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip6_dns_from_variant ()

char **
nm_utils_ip6_dns_from_variant (GVariant *value);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'aay' representing a list of IPv6 addresses into an array of IP address strings. Each "ay" entry must be a IPv6 address in binary form (16 bytes long). Invalid entries are silently ignored.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'aay'

 

Returns

a NULL-terminated array of IP address strings.

[transfer full][type utf8]


nm_utils_ip6_addresses_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip6_addresses_to_variant (GPtrArray *addresses,
                                   const char *gateway);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects representing IPv6 addresses into a GVariant of type 'a(ayuay)' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv6 addresses (which are tuples of address, prefix, and gateway). The "gateway" field of the first address will get the value of gateway (if non-NULL). In all of the other addresses, that field will be all 0s.

Parameters

addresses

an array of NMIPAddress objects.

[element-type NMIPAddress]

gateway

the gateway IP address.

[nullable]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing addresses .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip6_addresses_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip6_addresses_from_variant (GVariant *value,
                                     char **out_gateway);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'a(ayuay)' representing a list of NetworkManager IPv6 addresses (which are tuples of address, prefix, and gateway) into a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects. The "gateway" field of the first address (if set) will be returned in out_gateway ; the "gateway" fields of the other addresses are ignored. Note that invalid addresses are discarded but the valid addresses are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'a(ayuay)'

 

out_gateway

on return, will contain the IP gateway.

[out][optional][nullable][transfer full]

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPAddress]


nm_utils_ip6_routes_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip6_routes_to_variant (GPtrArray *routes);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects representing IPv6 routes into a GVariant of type 'a(ayuayu)' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv6 routes (which are tuples of route, prefix, next hop, and metric).

Parameters

routes

an array of NMIPRoute objects.

[element-type NMIPRoute]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing routes .

[transfer none]


nm_utils_ip6_routes_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip6_routes_from_variant (GVariant *value);

Utility function to convert a GVariant of type 'a(ayuayu)' representing an array of NetworkManager IPv6 routes (which are tuples of route, prefix, next hop, and metric) into a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects. Note that invalid routes are ignored but the valid ones are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

GVariant of type 'a(ayuayu)'

 

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPRoute]


nm_utils_ip_addresses_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip_addresses_to_variant (GPtrArray *addresses);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects representing IPv4 or IPv6 addresses into a GVariant of type 'aa{sv}' representing an array of new-style NetworkManager IP addresses. All addresses will include "address" (an IP address string), and "prefix" (a uint). Some addresses may include additional attributes.

Parameters

addresses

an array of NMIPAddress objects.

[element-type NMIPAddress]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing addresses .

[transfer none]

Since: 1.42


nm_utils_ip_addresses_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip_addresses_from_variant (GVariant *value,
                                    int family);

Utility function to convert a GVariant representing a list of new-style NetworkManager IPv4 or IPv6 addresses (as described in the documentation for nm_utils_ip_addresses_to_variant()) into a GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects. Note that invalid addresses are discarded but the valid addresses are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'aa{sv}'

 

family

an IP address family

 

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPAddress objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPAddress]

Since: 1.42


nm_utils_ip_routes_to_variant ()

GVariant *
nm_utils_ip_routes_to_variant (GPtrArray *routes);

Utility function to convert a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects representing IPv4 or IPv6 routes into a GVariant of type 'aa{sv}' representing an array of new-style NetworkManager IP routes. All routes will include "dest" (an IP address string), "prefix" (an uint) and optionally "next-hop" (an IP address string) and "metric" (an uint). Some routes may include additional attributes. Note that invalid routes are discarded and only a warning is emitted, but the valid routes are still returned.

Parameters

routes

an array of NMIPRoute objects.

[element-type NMIPRoute]

Returns

a new floating GVariant representing routes .

[transfer none]

Since: 1.42


nm_utils_ip_routes_from_variant ()

GPtrArray *
nm_utils_ip_routes_from_variant (GVariant *value,
                                 int family);

Utility function to convert a GVariant representing a list of new-style NetworkManager IPv4 or IPv6 addresses (as described in the documentation for nm_utils_ip_routes_to_variant()) into a GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects. Invalid routes are discarded but the valid routes are still returned.

Since 1.46, an empty list is returned if the variant type is not valid (before it was checked as assertion)

Parameters

value

a GVariant of type 'aa{sv}'

 

family

an IP address family

 

Returns

a newly allocated GPtrArray of NMIPRoute objects.

[transfer full][element-type NMIPRoute]

Since: 1.42


nm_utils_uuid_generate ()

char *
nm_utils_uuid_generate (void);

Returns

a newly allocated UUID suitable for use as the NMSettingConnection object's “id”: property. Should be freed with g_free()


NMUtilsFileSearchInPathsPredicate ()

gboolean
(*NMUtilsFileSearchInPathsPredicate) (const char *filename,
                                      gpointer user_data);

NMUtilsCheckFilePredicate ()

gboolean
(*NMUtilsCheckFilePredicate) (const char *filename,
                              const struct stat *stat,
                              gpointer user_data,
                              GError **error);

nm_utils_file_search_in_paths ()

const char *
nm_utils_file_search_in_paths (const char *progname,
                               const char *try_first,
                               const char *const *paths,
                               GFileTest file_test_flags,
                               NMUtilsFileSearchInPathsPredicate predicate,
                               gpointer user_data,
                               GError **error);

Searches for a progname file in a list of search paths .

Parameters

progname

the helper program name, like "iptables" Must be a non-empty string, without path separator (/).

 

try_first

a custom path to try first before searching. It is silently ignored if it is empty or not an absolute path.

[nullable]

paths

a NULL terminated list of search paths. Can be empty or NULL, in which case only try_first is checked.

[nullable]

file_test_flags

the flags passed to g_file_test() when searching for progname . Set it to 0 to skip the g_file_test().

 

predicate

if given, pass the file name to this function for additional checks. This check is performed after the check for file_test_flags . You cannot omit both file_test_flags and predicate .

[scope call]

user_data

user data for predicate function.

[closure][nullable]

error

on failure, set a "not found" error G_IO_ERROR G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND.

 

Returns

the full path to the helper, if found, or NULL if not found. The returned string is not owned by the caller, but later invocations of the function might overwrite it.

[transfer none]


nm_utils_wifi_freq_to_channel ()

guint32
nm_utils_wifi_freq_to_channel (guint32 freq);

Utility function to translate a Wi-Fi frequency to its corresponding channel.

Parameters

freq

frequency

 

Returns

the channel represented by the frequency or 0


nm_utils_wifi_channel_to_freq ()

guint32
nm_utils_wifi_channel_to_freq (guint32 channel,
                               const char *band);

Utility function to translate a Wi-Fi channel to its corresponding frequency.

Parameters

channel

channel

 

band

frequency band for wireless ("a" or "bg")

 

Returns

the frequency represented by the channel of the band, or -1 when the freq is invalid, or 0 when the band is invalid


nm_utils_wifi_find_next_channel ()

guint32
nm_utils_wifi_find_next_channel (guint32 channel,
                                 int direction,
                                 char *band);

Utility function to find out next/previous Wi-Fi channel for a channel.

Parameters

channel

current channel

 

direction

whether going downward (0 or less) or upward (1 or more)

 

band

frequency band for wireless ("a" or "bg")

 

Returns

the next channel in the specified direction or 0


nm_utils_wifi_is_channel_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_wifi_is_channel_valid (guint32 channel,
                                const char *band);

Utility function to verify Wi-Fi channel validity.

Parameters

channel

channel

 

band

frequency band for wireless ("a" or "bg")

 

Returns

TRUE or FALSE


nm_utils_wifi_2ghz_freqs ()

const guint *
nm_utils_wifi_2ghz_freqs (void);

Utility function to return 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi frequencies (802.11bg band).

Returns

zero-terminated array of frequencies numbers (in MHz)

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_wifi_5ghz_freqs ()

const guint *
nm_utils_wifi_5ghz_freqs (void);

Utility function to return 5 GHz Wi-Fi frequencies (802.11a band).

Returns

zero-terminated array of frequencies numbers (in MHz)

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_wifi_strength_bars ()

const char *
nm_utils_wifi_strength_bars (guint8 strength);

Converts strength into a 4-character-wide graphical representation of strength suitable for printing to stdout.

Previous versions used to take a guess at the terminal type and possibly return a wide UTF-8 encoded string. Now it always returns a 7-bit clean strings of one to 0 to 4 asterisks. Users that actually need the functionality are encouraged to make their implementations instead.

Parameters

strength

the access point strength, from 0 to 100

 

Returns

the graphical representation of the access point strength


nm_utils_hwaddr_len ()

gsize
nm_utils_hwaddr_len (int type);

Returns the length in octets of a hardware address of type type .

Before 1.28, it was an error to call this function with any value other than ARPHRD_ETHER or ARPHRD_INFINIBAND.

Parameters

type

the type of address; either ARPHRD_ETHER or ARPHRD_INFINIBAND

 

Returns

the length or zero if the type is unrecognized.


nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa ()

char *
nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa (gconstpointer addr,
                      gsize length);

Converts addr to textual form.

Parameters

addr

a binary hardware address.

[type guint8][array length=length]

length

the length of addr

 

Returns

the textual form of addr .

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nm_utils_hwaddr_atoba ()

GByteArray *
nm_utils_hwaddr_atoba (const char *asc,
                       gsize length);

Parses asc and converts it to binary form in a GByteArray. See nm_utils_hwaddr_aton() if you don't want a GByteArray.

Parameters

asc

the ASCII representation of a hardware address

 

length

the expected length in bytes of the result

 

Returns

a new GByteArray, or NULL if asc couldn't be parsed.

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nm_utils_hwaddr_aton ()

guint8 *
nm_utils_hwaddr_aton (const char *asc,
                      gpointer buffer,
                      gsize length);

Parses asc and converts it to binary form in buffer . Bytes in asc can be separated by colons (:), or hyphens (-), but not mixed.

Parameters

asc

the ASCII representation of a hardware address

 

buffer

buffer to store the result into.

[type guint8][array length=length]

length

the expected length in bytes of the result and the size of the buffer in bytes.

 

Returns

buffer , or NULL if asc couldn't be parsed or would be shorter or longer than length .


nm_utils_hwaddr_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_hwaddr_valid (const char *asc,
                       gssize length);

Parses asc to see if it is a valid hardware address of the given length.

Parameters

asc

the ASCII representation of a hardware address

 

length

the length of address that asc is expected to convert to (or -1 to accept any length up to NM_UTILS_HWADDR_LEN_MAX)

 

Returns

TRUE if asc appears to be a valid hardware address of the indicated length, FALSE if not.


nm_utils_hwaddr_canonical ()

char *
nm_utils_hwaddr_canonical (const char *asc,
                           gssize length);

Parses asc to see if it is a valid hardware address of the given length, and if so, returns it in canonical form (uppercase, with leading 0s as needed, and with colons rather than hyphens).

Parameters

asc

the ASCII representation of a hardware address

 

length

the length of address that asc is expected to convert to (or -1 to accept any length up to NM_UTILS_HWADDR_LEN_MAX)

 

Returns

the canonicalized address if asc appears to be a valid hardware address of the indicated length, NULL if not.

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nm_utils_hwaddr_matches ()

gboolean
nm_utils_hwaddr_matches (gconstpointer hwaddr1,
                         gssize hwaddr1_len,
                         gconstpointer hwaddr2,
                         gssize hwaddr2_len);

Generalized hardware address comparison function. Tests if hwaddr1 and hwaddr2 "equal" (or more precisely, "equivalent"), with several advantages over a simple memcmp():

  1. If hwaddr1_len or hwaddr2_len is -1, then the corresponding address is assumed to be ASCII rather than binary, and will be converted to binary before being compared.

  2. If hwaddr1 or hwaddr2 is NULL, it is treated instead as though it was a zero-filled buffer hwaddr1_len or hwaddr2_len bytes long.

  3. If hwaddr1 and hwaddr2 are InfiniBand hardware addresses (that is, if they are INFINIBAND_ALEN bytes long in binary form) then only the last 8 bytes are compared, since those are the only bytes that actually identify the hardware. (The other 12 bytes will change depending on the configuration of the InfiniBand fabric that the device is connected to.)

If a passed-in ASCII hardware address cannot be parsed, or would parse to an address larger than NM_UTILS_HWADDR_LEN_MAX, then it will silently fail to match. (This means that externally-provided address strings do not need to be sanity-checked before comparing them against known good addresses; they are guaranteed to not match if they are invalid.)

Parameters

hwaddr1

pointer to a binary or ASCII hardware address, or NULL.

[nullable]

hwaddr1_len

size of hwaddr1 , or -1 if hwaddr1 is ASCII

 

hwaddr2

pointer to a binary or ASCII hardware address, or NULL.

[nullable]

hwaddr2_len

size of hwaddr2 , or -1 if hwaddr2 is ASCII

 

Returns

TRUE if hwaddr1 and hwaddr2 are equivalent, FALSE if they are different (or either of them is invalid).


nm_utils_bin2hexstr ()

char *
nm_utils_bin2hexstr (gconstpointer src,
                     gsize len,
                     int final_len);

Converts the byte array src into a hexadecimal string. If final_len is greater than -1, the returned string is terminated at that index (returned_string[final_len] == '\0'),

Parameters

src

an array of bytes.

[type guint8][array length=len]

len

the length of the src array

 

final_len

an index where to cut off the returned string, or -1

 

Returns

the textual form of bytes .

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nm_utils_hexstr2bin ()

GBytes *
nm_utils_hexstr2bin (const char *hex);

Converts a hexadecimal string hex into an array of bytes. The optional separator ':' may be used between single or pairs of hexadecimal characters, eg "00:11" or "0:1". Any "0x" at the beginning of hex is ignored. hex may not start or end with ':'.

Parameters

hex

a string of hexadecimal characters with optional ':' separators

 

Returns

the converted bytes, or NULL on error.

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nm_utils_iface_valid_name ()

gboolean
nm_utils_iface_valid_name (const char *name);

nm_utils_iface_valid_name has been deprecated since version 1.6 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name() instead, with better error reporting.

Validate the network interface name.

Parameters

name

Name of interface.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if interface name is valid, otherwise FALSE is returned.

Before 1.20, this function did not accept NULL as name argument. If you want to run against older versions of libnm, don't pass NULL.


nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name ()

gboolean
nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name (const char *name,
                              GError **error);

Validate the network interface name.

This function is a 1:1 copy of the kernel's interface validation function in net/core/dev.c.

Parameters

name

Name of interface.

[nullable]

error

location to store the error occurring, or NULL to ignore

 

Returns

TRUE if interface name is valid, otherwise FALSE is returned.

Before 1.20, this function did not accept NULL as name argument. If you want to run against older versions of libnm, don't pass NULL.

Since: 1.6


nm_utils_is_uuid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_is_uuid (const char *str);

nm_utils_is_uuid has been deprecated since version 1.32 and should not be used in newly-written code.

older versions of NetworkManager had a wrong understanding of what makes a valid UUID. This function can thus accept some inputs as valid, which in fact are not valid UUIDs.

Checks if str is a UUID

Parameters

str

a string that might be a UUID.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if str is a UUID, FALSE if not

In older versions, nm_utils_is_uuid() did not accept NULL as str argument. Don't pass NULL if you run against older versions of libnm.


nm_utils_inet4_ntop ()

const char *
nm_utils_inet4_ntop (guint32 inaddr,
                     char *dst);

Wrapper for inet_ntop.

[skip]

Parameters

inaddr

the address that should be converted to string.

 

dst

the destination buffer, it must contain at least INET_ADDRSTRLEN or NM_INET_ADDRSTRLEN characters. If set to NULL, it will return a pointer to an internal, static buffer (shared with nm_utils_inet6_ntop()). Beware, that the internal buffer will be overwritten with ever new call of nm_utils_inet4_ntop() or nm_utils_inet6_ntop() that does not provide its own dst buffer. Since 1.28, the internal buffer is thread local and thus thread safe. Before it was not thread safe. When in doubt, pass your own dst buffer to avoid these issues.

 

Returns

the input buffer dst , or a pointer to an internal, static buffer. This function cannot fail.


nm_utils_inet6_ntop ()

const char *
nm_utils_inet6_ntop (const struct in6_addr *in6addr,
                     char *dst);

Wrapper for inet_ntop.

[skip]

Parameters

in6addr

the address that should be converted to string.

 

dst

the destination buffer, it must contain at least INET6_ADDRSTRLEN or NM_INET_ADDRSTRLEN characters. If set to NULL, it will return a pointer to an internal, static buffer (shared with nm_utils_inet4_ntop()). Beware, that the internal buffer will be overwritten with ever new call of nm_utils_inet4_ntop() or nm_utils_inet6_ntop() that does not provide its own dst buffer. Since 1.28, the internal buffer is thread local and thus thread safe. Before it was not thread safe. When in doubt, pass your own dst buffer to avoid these issues.

 

Returns

the input buffer dst , or a pointer to an internal, static buffer. NULL is not allowed as in6addr , otherwise, this function cannot fail.


nm_utils_ipaddr_valid ()

gboolean
nm_utils_ipaddr_valid (int family,
                       const char *ip);

Checks if ip contains a valid IP address of the given family.

Parameters

family

AF_INET or AF_INET6, or AF_UNSPEC to accept either

 

ip

an IP address

 

Returns

TRUE or FALSE


nm_utils_check_virtual_device_compatibility ()

gboolean
nm_utils_check_virtual_device_compatibility
                               (GType virtual_type,
                                GType other_type);

Determines if a connection of type virtual_type can (in the general case) work with connections of type other_type .

If virtual_type is NM_TYPE_SETTING_VLAN, then this checks if other_type is a valid type for the parent of a VLAN.

If virtual_type is a "master" type (eg, NM_TYPE_SETTING_BRIDGE), then this checks if other_type is a valid type for a slave of that master.

Note that even if this returns TRUE it is not guaranteed that every connection of type other_type is compatible with virtual_type ; it may depend on the exact configuration of the two connections, or on the capabilities of an underlying device driver.

Parameters

virtual_type

a virtual connection type

 

other_type

a connection type to test against virtual_type

 

Returns

TRUE or FALSE


nm_utils_bond_mode_string_to_int ()

int
nm_utils_bond_mode_string_to_int (const char *mode);

Convert bonding mode from string representation to numeric value. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt for available modes. The mode string can be either a descriptive name or a number (as string).

Parameters

mode

bonding mode as string

 

Returns

numeric bond mode, or -1 on error

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_bond_mode_int_to_string ()

const char *
nm_utils_bond_mode_int_to_string (int mode);

Convert bonding mode from integer value to descriptive name. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt for available modes.

Parameters

mode

bonding mode as a numeric value

 

Returns

bonding mode string, or NULL on error

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_enum_to_str ()

char *
nm_utils_enum_to_str (GType type,
                      int value);

Converts an enum value to its string representation. If the enum is a G_TYPE_FLAGS the function returns a comma-separated list of matching values. If the value has no corresponding string representation, it is converted to a number. For enums it is converted to a decimal number, for flags to an (unsigned) hex number.

Parameters

type

the GType of the enum

 

value

the value to be translated

 

Returns

a newly allocated string or NULL

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_enum_from_str ()

gboolean
nm_utils_enum_from_str (GType type,
                        const char *str,
                        int *out_value,
                        char **err_token);

Converts a string to the matching enum value.

If the enum is a G_TYPE_FLAGS the function returns the logical OR of values matching the comma-separated tokens in the string; if an unknown token is found the function returns FALSE and stores a pointer to a newly allocated string containing the unrecognized token in err_token .

Parameters

type

the GType of the enum

 

str

the input string

 

out_value

the output value.

[out][optional]

err_token

location to store the first unrecognized token.

[out][optional][nullable][transfer full]

Returns

TRUE if the conversion was successful, FALSE otherwise

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_enum_get_values ()

const char **
nm_utils_enum_get_values (GType type,
                          int from,
                          int to);

Returns the list of possible values for a given enum.

Parameters

type

the GType of the enum

 

from

the first element to be returned

 

to

the last element to be returned

 

Returns

a NULL-terminated dynamically-allocated array of static strings or NULL on error.

[transfer container]

Since: 1.2


nm_utils_version ()

guint
nm_utils_version (void);

Returns

the version ID of the libnm version. That is, the NM_VERSION at runtime.

Since: 1.6


nm_utils_parse_variant_attributes ()

GHashTable *
nm_utils_parse_variant_attributes (const char *string,
                                   char attr_separator,
                                   char key_value_separator,
                                   gboolean ignore_unknown,
                                   const NMVariantAttributeSpec *const *spec,
                                   GError **error);

Parse attributes from a string.

Parameters

string

the input string

 

attr_separator

the attribute separator character

 

key_value_separator

character separating key and values

 

ignore_unknown

whether unknown attributes should be ignored

 

spec

the attribute format specifiers

 

error

location to store the error on failure

 

Returns

a GHashTable mapping attribute names to GVariant values. Warning: the variant are still floating references, owned by the hash table. If you take a reference, ensure to sink the one of the hash table first.

[transfer full][element-type utf8 GVariant]

Since: 1.8


nm_utils_format_variant_attributes ()

char *
nm_utils_format_variant_attributes (GHashTable *attributes,
                                    char attr_separator,
                                    char key_value_separator);

Format attributes to a string.

Parameters

attributes

a GHashTable mapping attribute names to GVariant values.

[element-type utf8 GVariant]

attr_separator

the attribute separator character

 

key_value_separator

character separating key and values

 

Returns

the string representing attributes, or NULL in case there are no attributes.

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Since: 1.8


nm_utils_tc_qdisc_from_str ()

NMTCQdisc *
nm_utils_tc_qdisc_from_str (const char *str,
                            GError **error);

Parses the tc style string qdisc representation of the queueing discipline to a NMTCQdisc instance. Supports a subset of the tc language.

Parameters

str

the string representation of a qdisc

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

the NMTCQdisc or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_tc_qdisc_to_str ()

char *
nm_utils_tc_qdisc_to_str (NMTCQdisc *qdisc,
                          GError **error);

Turns the NMTCQdisc into a tc style string representation of the queueing discipline.

Parameters

qdisc

the NMTCQdisc

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

formatted string or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_tc_action_from_str ()

NMTCAction *
nm_utils_tc_action_from_str (const char *str,
                             GError **error);

Parses the tc style string action representation of the queueing discipline to a NMTCAction instance. Supports a subset of the tc language.

Parameters

str

the string representation of a action

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

the NMTCAction or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_tc_action_to_str ()

char *
nm_utils_tc_action_to_str (NMTCAction *action,
                           GError **error);

Turns the NMTCAction into a tc style string representation of the queueing discipline.

Parameters

action

the NMTCAction

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

formatted string or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_tc_tfilter_from_str ()

NMTCTfilter *
nm_utils_tc_tfilter_from_str (const char *str,
                              GError **error);

Parses the tc style string tfilter representation of the queueing discipline to a NMTCTfilter instance. Supports a subset of the tc language.

Parameters

str

the string representation of a tfilter

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

the NMTCTfilter or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_tc_tfilter_to_str ()

char *
nm_utils_tc_tfilter_to_str (NMTCTfilter *tfilter,
                            GError **error);

Turns the NMTCTfilter into a tc style string representation of the queueing discipline.

Parameters

tfilter

the NMTCTfilter

 

error

location of the error

 

Returns

formatted string or NULL

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_sriov_vf_to_str ()

char *
nm_utils_sriov_vf_to_str (const NMSriovVF *vf,
                          gboolean omit_index,
                          GError **error);

Converts a SR-IOV virtual function object to its string representation.

Parameters

vf

the NMSriovVF

 

omit_index

if TRUE, the VF index will be omitted from output string

 

error

location to store the error on failure

 

Returns

a newly allocated string or NULL on error

Since: 1.14


nm_utils_sriov_vf_from_str ()

NMSriovVF *
nm_utils_sriov_vf_from_str (const char *str,
                            GError **error);

Converts a string to a SR-IOV virtual function object.

Parameters

str

the input string

 

error

location to store the error on failure

 

Returns

the virtual function object.

[transfer full]

Since: 1.14


nm_utils_get_timestamp_msec ()

gint64
nm_utils_get_timestamp_msec (void);

Gets current time in milliseconds of CLOCK_BOOTTIME.

Returns

time in milliseconds

Since: 1.12


nm_utils_base64secret_decode ()

gboolean
nm_utils_base64secret_decode (const char *base64_key,
                              gsize required_key_len,
                              guint8 *out_key);

Parameters

base64_key

the (possibly invalid) base64 encode key.

 

required_key_len

the expected (binary) length of the key after decoding. If the length does not match, the validation fails.

 

out_key

an optional output buffer for the binary key. If given, it will be filled with exactly required_key_len bytes.

[out][optional]

Returns

TRUE if the input key is a valid base64 encoded key with required_key_len bytes.

Since: 1.16


nm_utils_ensure_gtypes ()

void
nm_utils_ensure_gtypes (void);

This ensures that all NMSetting GTypes are created. For example, after this call, g_type_from_name("NMSettingConnection") will work.

This cannot fail and does nothing if the type already exists.

Since: 1.42

Types and Values

enum NMUtilsSecurityType

Describes generic security mechanisms that 802.11 access points may offer. Used with nm_utils_security_valid() for checking whether a given access point is compatible with a network device.

Members

NMU_SEC_INVALID

unknown or invalid security, placeholder and not used

 

NMU_SEC_NONE

unencrypted and open

 

NMU_SEC_STATIC_WEP

static WEP keys are used for encryption

 

NMU_SEC_LEAP

Cisco LEAP is used for authentication and for generating the dynamic WEP keys automatically

 

NMU_SEC_DYNAMIC_WEP

standard 802.1x is used for authentication and generating the dynamic WEP keys automatically

 

NMU_SEC_WPA_PSK

WPA1 is used with Pre-Shared Keys (PSK)

 

NMU_SEC_WPA_ENTERPRISE

WPA1 is used with 802.1x authentication

 

NMU_SEC_WPA2_PSK

WPA2/RSN is used with Pre-Shared Keys (PSK)

 

NMU_SEC_WPA2_ENTERPRISE

WPA2 is used with 802.1x authentication

 

NMU_SEC_SAE

is used with WPA3 Enterprise

 

NMU_SEC_OWE

is used with Enhanced Open

 

NMU_SEC_WPA3_SUITE_B_192

is used with WPA3 Enterprise Suite-B 192 bit mode. Since: 1.30.

 

NM_UTILS_HWADDR_LEN_MAX

#define NM_UTILS_HWADDR_LEN_MAX 20 /* INFINIBAND_ALEN */

The maximum length of hardware addresses handled by NetworkManager itself, nm_utils_hwaddr_len(), and nm_utils_hwaddr_aton().


NM_UTILS_INET_ADDRSTRLEN

#define NM_UTILS_INET_ADDRSTRLEN INET6_ADDRSTRLEN

Defines the minimal length for a char buffer that is suitable as dst argument for both nm_utils_inet4_ntop() and nm_utils_inet6_ntop().


NMVariantAttributeSpec

typedef struct _NMVariantAttributeSpec NMVariantAttributeSpec;

struct in6_addr

struct in6_addr;

struct stat

struct stat;