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network-manager package

  1. Bug #321442
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 321442

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 321442] Re: "system"-level connection doesn't start up until nm-applet is launched

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 09:29:33PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> The behavior may or may not be intented; regardless, I assert that it is
> incorrect.
>
> It is not for Network Manager to dictate security policy for files that
> I have created. The file exists on the system already, so any
> information leak to other users *has already happened*. If Network
> Manager wants to enforce permissions on system configs when it /writes/
> them, then that's ok with me, but it should not attempt to enforce
> security *on behalf of the wireless network*, which is not its role and
> not my concern as a user who created this file.
>
> This is a usability problem introduced by inappropriate pseudo-security
> measures in Network Manager.
>

I actually agree. I think NM shouldnt enforce any security on it; I
will check with upstream about the (non-)sense of this.

 - Alexander