Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 4:20 AM > From: to...@tuxteam.de > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > > However, if I remember your original post correctly, there were security > reasons mentioned (about a possibly world readable /etc/network/interfaces, > and splitting out an .../interfaces.d/wlan0 as a fix), Note that by default > (in Debian, at least) /etc/network/interfaces is only root-readable. So > this wouldn't be the reason you'd want to do the split (there are other > valid reasons, though). > According to Debian Wiki WiFi How To Use (https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse), the reason for doing the split is:
(sic) Restrict the permissions of /etc/network/interfaces, to prevent pre-shared key (PSK) disclosure Best regards. Stella
