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doc: remove explanations about certificate schemes from nmcli

Íñigo Huguet requested to merge ih/802-1x_cert_doc into main

Summary

Remove explanations about certificate schemes from nmcli where they are not applicable.

Fixes: #1479 (closed)

Purpose

The D-Bus and C APIs admit setting the 802.1X certificates as blobs, as the documentation of the properties explains. However, this is not possible from nmcli, where only path to the certificates' files is possible.

This difference in nmcli was explained in the description message that is shown in nmcli's editor, but this is a documentation that most users won't ever see, and still the main documentation in nm-settings-nmcli is missleading.

Add a nmcli specific documentation for the relevant properties and remove the nmcli's editor descriptions as they are no longer needed.

Checklist

Please read https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md before opening the merge request. In particular, check that:

  • the subject for all commits is concise and explicative
  • the message for all commits explains the reason for the change
  • the source is properly formatted
  • any relevant documentation is up to date
  • you have added unit tests if applicable
  • the NEWS file is updated when the change deserves to be mentioned, for example for new features, behavior changes, API deprecations, etc.
Edited by Íñigo Huguet

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