This requires implementation of user connection
seen here - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-
manager/+bug/1116317 .
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It may look as this is an implementation problem rather than a problem
with Network Manager itself. Though I still believe that even allowing
passwords to be stored as text is a security flaw, it is possible to
configure NM so that it does not store passwords in text files. I have
tried KDE and
The problems I have identified so far:
1. If you have the rights org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own
you will not be able to make a connection by selecting available networks.
2. The option Available to all users seems to be implied when you select a
connection from available
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Status: New = Incomplete
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Importance: Critical = Medium
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I am also having issues with this. In my use case, with
NetworkManager-1.0.9.6.4-3.fc17 (64-bit), I have a VPN connection for a
non-root user which is set to NOT connect automatically and NOT allowed
on a system basis. If I do not enter a passphrase I cannot save the VPN
configuration. If I do add
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #685395
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685395
** Also affects: network-manager via
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685395
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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That may work - IF you create a connection from scratch. People mostly
does not do this and I am not going to require my users to learn how to
do this either.
The normal way of connecting with wireless is to select a connection
from the list. If this is a secure connection the user is required to
This is by design. The passwords are stored in files which have
appropriate permissions, and the system must be able to retrieve them to
transmit to wireless networks. Obfuscating the passwords in those files
in a recoverable way would not improve security.
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Those files do not have appropriate permissions. Anyone with root access
can read them. While we do have a certain amount of trust in our
administrators we do not want to hand them the passwords of our users.
We have wireless networks that use the users credentials and not some
random password.
I also notice that VPN-connection somehow manages NOT to store the
password in /etc...
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Title:
NetworkManager stores
If you want to store wifi passwords on a per-user basis, you should
create user wifi connections, not system wifi connections. When creating
the connection, uncheck the Available to all users check box.
Please be aware that even if wifi passwords are stored in the user's
keyring, it is still
If you disagree with the Network Manager design, please file a bug
upstream here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/
Thanks.
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As long as it is not in plain text in a file on the filesystem I do not
care.
We want users to be able to set up wireless connections and select
available networks. As far as I have acertained this is accomplished by
giving them rights to
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system.
If
If you disagree with the Network Manager design, please file a bug
upstream here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/
Thanks.
Well thats what happens when I spend too long thinking about an answer.
The other part slips one in unseen :)
I will do as you ask.
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Title:
NetworkManager stores wifi passwords in
If connections are created with Available to all users unchecked, the
password will be saved in the user's keyring.
The policy access you need for this is ...modify.own, not system; and will
give sufficient access for the users to create wifi connections for their
own use, while not allowing
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