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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