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Description of problem:
Wifi device is set unmanaged because there is no wifi plugin installed. After installing wifi plugin it is still in unmanaged state and service restart doesn't help either. You need to manually set it as managed via nmcli  device set wlp4s0 managed yes

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.8.0-0.4.rc1.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install server variant where wireless package is not installed by default
2. install wifi plugin

Actual results:
wifi unmanaged

Expected results:
wifi managed

Additional info:
log:
https://transfer.sh/ulg2U/journalctl.txt

fixed upstream


master: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=142ebb10376ec592593f15b0359f38be89c97620

nm-1-8: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=0726ab54d675fe5f6f2a8599dbf30d43a2214c0f

Actually, the fix has a problem.

Need this upstream commit:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=33d3ec3b3e5d2e737afc8db6c64850e67db5c12d


Back to MODIFIED.

This works well now. Install server, install -wifi package, restart NM service, wireless device goes to disconnected.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299