On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 09:29:33PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote: > The behavior may or may not be intented; regardless, I assert that it is > incorrect. > > It is not for Network Manager to dictate security policy for files that > I have created. The file exists on the system already, so any > information leak to other users *has already happened*. If Network > Manager wants to enforce permissions on system configs when it /writes/ > them, then that's ok with me, but it should not attempt to enforce > security *on behalf of the wireless network*, which is not its role and > not my concern as a user who created this file. > > This is a usability problem introduced by inappropriate pseudo-security > measures in Network Manager. >
I actually agree. I think NM shouldnt enforce any security on it; I will check with upstream about the (non-)sense of this. - Alexander -- "system"-level connection doesn't start up until nm-applet is launched https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
