Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Ben Hutchings Newsgroups: linux.debian.kernel Subject: Re: firmware-iwlwifi disable network-manager's root password requirement for every user Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-kernel-request@lists.debian.org Tue Mar 12 20:54:47 2019 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.063 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, GMAIL=1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=0.637] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0Elw23jLxzA82pxssCiy" User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sa-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.2.121 X-Sa-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-Sa-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/119898 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/8432d72beb74551cb093b66d06f1027eb55b86bb.camel@decadent.org.uk Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 77 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:54:29 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <8432d72beb74551cb093b66d06f1027eb55b86bb.camel@decadent.org.uk> X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.kernel:63570 --=-0Elw23jLxzA82pxssCiy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2019-03-12 at 15:13 +0100, cacquarante@gmail.com wrote: > Dear maintainers, >=20 > this concerns : >=20 > 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 >=20 > =E2=9E=A4 I am writing to report this unsolicited behaviour: >=20 > Steps: >=20 > 1 - Fresh Debian with wired internet access > 2 - access to network settings require root password (this > is ok) That actually sounds like a bug. > 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. This is the behaviour I expect in GNOME. You would need to specifically configure it to prevent this. > 5 - uninstall firmware-iwlwifi restore root password > requirement. >=20 > I've found no info about this behaviour in the documentation, > nor how to prevent this to happen without consent. >=20 > =E2=9E=A4 I would like to know how to preserve or restore the pri= mary > network-manager secure behaviour while having Wi-Fi functional. firmware-iwlwifi doesn't contain any code that would change the authentication configuration. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false. --=-0Elw23jLxzA82pxssCiy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEErCspvTSmr92z9o8157/I7JWGEQkFAlyIHIUACgkQ57/I7JWG EQm+HQ//ea9WfN5JNZOXeAEk8TxDVNx5tnT7yO0I16Y/ANRk59InR+rnTqcyolBS FTrolEUGILOPe9DXCTYAVNyTKw6P1kXJfnNC/M4kYroKh57raH4E6yCWa3KZSVBi Kzg+HsA3ZH3Y/OYY68S+Xnq6NkJA6WEwDfbL9qPhNMhlVe+blqoXLqzUGGzxKxWn g2v4DDuIVxYDD03OUw+3uibB82R2WXQON2QGrZxdSmPCqJL8YEQe8NwjTwetCuiY F+/BEkH1ROshs8+LFULtRcibssgsjxmSyaFH1ZSEkwHM7nv5AQowp9daVRfkiVyk lDgdelERXxehpGkNmQn8I6w4jK2xHrQkE5TyFOWEEPhShBHIiuEYZ7MaZmsPIYYP I5KLUkqGh4u1HQWl2Uqv+GKybK5O7XmCAR+VjKpO/DhO0dnYpwSACihVu4metQR6 bNX00e2Mj5EycOpDbe+47Ymc5lTGB3MNzU7Zl6+RMPTMOYaMzN7e1eH5cSqA3L9D deUI2bwlzP7iQ8JacRNwEw1KNA7DqrgojHx+jgpPByWUjuK3oHUOCcHD26xiIVIi 9Meq3YR3ceZPz3KbvEaoWyoVFyqGzdQfy3FAGvMB1gwor/OhJsG0EKjA5OiFLyRG rtDuNkilGob75zw+6+bnILrBz06PtFbmAD4yBAT5HXNUIS+gvak= =6GTL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0Elw23jLxzA82pxssCiy--