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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 22.07.2015 um 14:28 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> 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

Wrong package.

These are the changes that were dropped from gnome-shell/not merged into
the experimental branch.


gnome-shell (3.4.2-7+deb7u1) stable; urgency=low

  [ Josselin Mouette ]
  * 30_lockup_gc.patch:
    + Run the GC a first time after 15 seconds, and next every 10
      minutes. This is to avoid running into a deadlock (which often
      happens the first time) and lose 10 minutes of work.
    + Add a watchdog thread to suicide the process after 10 seconds if
      the GC locks up.

  [ Sébastien Villemot ]
  * debian/patches/61-disable-restart-buttons.patch: new patch,
backported from
    upstream. Makes the 'disable-restart-buttons' option of gdm-shell work.
    (Closes: #714862)

 -- Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:27:51 +0200

gnome-shell (3.4.2-7) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Biebl ]
  * 40-force-online.patch: Use correct icon name "network-wired" when the
    global online state is set to connected.

  [ Laurent Bigonville ]
  * debian/patches/50-remove-folks-integration.patch: Remove folks
integration,
    it might cause some slow startup time and cause Dbus call to timeout
    (Closes: #693155)

 -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon at debian.org>  Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:20:45 +0100

gnome-shell (3.4.2-6) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Josselin Mouette ]
  * 28_network_user_connections.patch: new patch. Set connections and
    passwords as user-owned, following matching changes in nm-applet and
    gnome-control-center. The logic is:
    - Wired connections: always system-owned.
    - Modem (GSM/UMTS) connections are created by the control center.
    - Bluetooth PAN connections are now always user-owned.
    - Wireless connections are system-owned if the user has permissions
      (in Debian this means group sudo or netdev). Otherwise, it is
      user-owned, with the password in the keyring only for WPA.
    - 802.1x (wired or wireless) is always handled by the control
      center.
    Closes: #696257

  [ Michael Biebl ]
  * Refresh patches to apply without fuzz.
  * 40-force-online.patch: If NM has an active unmanaged device it will
    forcefully set the online state to CONNECTED_GLOBAL. In that case show a
    wired connection icon instead of an offline icon. Closes: #691436
  * 28_network_user_connections.patch: 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 10:43:30 +0100

gnome-shell (3.4.2-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * 30_lockup_gc.patch: update patch. Instead of completely dropping
    explicit GC calls, only do them once every 10 minutes or so. This
    might still trigger deadlocks, but not at startup time where they
    are frequent, and otherwise will make them thousands of times less
    likely. Closes: #696040.

 -- Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>  Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:59:55 +0100

gnome-shell (3.4.2-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * 30_lockup_gc.patch: backported from 3.6. Remove a forced garbage
    collection which triggers deadlocks. Closes: #683880.

 -- Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>  Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:55:57 +0100

gnome-shell (3.4.2-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Recommend unzip. Closes: #680978.
  * Recommend gkbd-capplet for gkbd-keyboard-display. Closes: #691731.

 -- Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:55:56 +0100

-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 819 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-gnome-maintainers/attachments/20150722/738b8f8d/attachment-0001.sig>