Bug#789697: network: No longer creates user connections for unprivileged users

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Wed Jul 22 12:28:19 UTC 2015


On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:37:00 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.16.2-4
> Severity: important
> 
> In wheezy we added 28_network_user_connections.patch so unprivileged
> users could create new network connections without having to provide
> admin privileges.
> This patch was dropped when 3.8 was merged from experimental.
> 
> We should restore this patch and forward port it to 3.16 and consider
> fixing this for jessie as well.

The following changes were dropped:

gnome-control-center (1:3.4.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * 11_network_user_connections.patch: updated, treat WEP keys like WPA-PSK
    secrets and store them in the keyring for user-owned connections.

 -- Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>  Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:39:28 +0100

gnome-control-center (1:3.4.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release.
  * 11_revert_printer_class.patch: revert, merged upstream.
  * 03_network_null_unref.patch: patch from upstream git. Fix a critical
    warning caused by g_object_unref (NULL).
  * 04_network_crash_signals.patch: patch from upstream git. Correctly
    disconnect signal handlers to avoid crashes.
  * 11_network_user_connections.patch: new patch, similar to nm-applet
    (also requires the changes in libnm-gtk). Set passwords as
    agent-owned when they need to, to allow users without root
    permissions to easily configure their connections.
    + CDMA and GSM connections are always user-owned.
    + WEP/WPA connections are system-owned if user has the permissions
      (with NM’s config, that is netdev or sudo membership), user-owned
      otherwise. The password is stored in the keyring for WPA, not for
      WEP.
    + WiMax / Wired connections are always system-owned.

 -- Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:54:31 +0100


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