On 7/25/05, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 16:54 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > IMNSHO it would be much better to store this information globally so that > > NM can > > choose from pre-defined networks before the user is logged in. This > > certainly > > works fine for WEP or unprotected networks, and even for shared-key WPA > > networks. It might not work as well for interactive 802.1x > > authentication... > > I can see an argument for _also_ storing a set of wireless networks > globally, but the keys and the preferred networks are definitely > per-user. At first I disliked this decision, too, but it definitely > makes sense. >
is the reasoning behind this decision documented somewhere? I can only find references to it behaving "as designed" and that "it definitely makes sense" to work this way, but can't find why it definitely makes sense. it seems like this could be a very commonly asked question, and the answer to is is definitely not clear. Thanks, -Joe _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
