nice, there are quite a few 'don-t-annoy-users-too-much' things in that package.
should we add netdev to the groups and push this into the nm package ? or do we want to look into more of this and get policykit-desktop-priviledges all in ? On May 4, 2012 1:28 PM, "Michael Biebl" <bi...@debian.org> wrote: > On 04.05.2012 18:09, Niv Sardi wrote: > > > > I think we all agree that from a user point of view we can't have a > > password required to connect to a wireless network. > > > > On my side I get an extra bit of annoyance, as @home when I'm far from > > the AP NM will try to connect, fail (because of the bad link) assume > > it's because the password is wrong (wtf?), ask for the password again > > (hence), ask for my user password, then the wifi password, then my user > > password ...quite annoying. > > Ubuntu has a separate package called policykit-desktop-privileges [1], > which ships a file > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla > containing the following entry (among others) > > [Adding or changing system-wide NetworkManager connections] > Identity=unix-group:admin;unix-group:sudo > Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system > ResultActive=yes > > This means, "admin" users, i.e. users which are in group sudo or admin, > won't get prompted when modifying system connections, this includes > creating new wireless connections. > > This is not a perfect solution, yet maybe something we can/should > consider for Debian, too. > > > Michael > > [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/policykit-desktop-privileges > -- > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the > universe are pointed away from Earth? > >
