15 Mar 13:11
Re: keyring manager
From: Dan Williams <dcbw <at> redhat.com>
Subject: Re: keyring manager
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.network.networkmanager.devel
Date: 2007-03-15 12:11:20 GMT
Subject: Re: keyring manager
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.network.networkmanager.devel
Date: 2007-03-15 12:11:20 GMT
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 23:29 -0700, Cindy wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked before. Are there any plans to make > Network Manager's use of the keyring optional? I understand the > security issues, and certainly NM should default to using the keyring. > But an option to turn it off would, I'm sure, be appreciated by many. Nope! As you say, that's a security issue. Instead you'll be able to "publish" a configuration to system settings so that it's available to everyone on the system (or just you if it's single-user) and therefore available for NetworkManager to use when the computer boots up, not just when you log in. Dan
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