firmware-iwlwifi disable network-manager's root password requirement for every user

From	"cacquarante@gmail.com" <cacquarante@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	firmware-iwlwifi disable network-manager's root password requirement for every user
Date	2019-03-12 15:40 +0100
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    Dear maintainers,

        this concerns :

            network-manager version 1.6.2-3+deb9u2
            network-manager-gnome version 1.4.4-1+deb9u1
            firmware-iwlwifi version 20161130-4
            gnome version 3.22.2
            Debian GNU/Linux version 9 (stretch) 64 bits

        ➤ I am writing to report this unsolicited behaviour:

        Steps:

            1 - Fresh Debian with wired internet access
            2 - access to network settings require root password (this
            is ok)
            3 - install firmware-iwlwifi
            4 - access to network settings (LAN and Wi-Fi) do not
            require password anymore, whatever user is logged in, even
            after reboot.
            5 - uninstall firmware-iwlwifi restore root password
            requirement.

        I've found no info about this behaviour in the documentation,
        nor how to prevent this to happen without consent.

        ➤ I would like to know how to preserve or restore the primary
        network-manager secure behaviour while having Wi-Fi functional.




    Yours faithfully

    Cacquarante

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firmware-iwlwifi disable network-manager's root password requirement  for every user "cacquarante@gmail.com" <cacquarante@gmail.com> - 2019-03-12 15:40 +0100
  Re: firmware-iwlwifi disable network-manager's root password  requirement for every user Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-03-12 22:00 +0100

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