nmcli general

Manage general settings of NetworkManager. This subcommand can also be called with nmcli g. More information: https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/nmcli.html.

• Show the general status of NetworkManager:

nmcli general

• Show the hostname of the current device:

nmcli general hostname

• Change the hostname of the current device:

sudo nmcli general hostname {{new_hostname}}

• Show the permissions of NetworkManager:

nmcli general permissions

• Show the current logging level and domains:

nmcli general logging

• Set the logging level and/or domains (see man NetworkManager.conf for all available domains):

nmcli general logging level {{INFO|OFF|ERR|WARN|DEBUG|TRACE}} domain {{domain_1,domain_2,...}}