On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 18:20 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > >> Who said anything about requiring users to "SysAdmin type things"? I > >> never did. > > > > You said: > > > > "Meanwhile, storing network passwords in a place that only root/NM > > can get to it?" > > > > I interpreted that as requiring a root password to change. > > Nope. The NM service runs in the root context. It can store data > wherever it wants in a way that only "root" can read it. That is > perfectly sufficient for my wants and needs, and does not require > anyone to type a root password or do any sysadminy-like things to > configure.
It appears to me he's referring to something similar CUPS does. You can edit your printers etc using gnome-cups-manager, without giving a root password whatsoever (you just have to be in the lpadmin group). Gnome-cups-manager just talks to the cupsd, which stores the printers. Hence, no root passwords, and secure storage. Whether this is the sane thing to do is not something I want to judge about. -- Ruben Vermeersch (rubenv) http://www.Lambda1.be/ _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list