Can confirm that #7 works on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit which is also
affected by this bug.

However, obviously this is pretty weak, since in many cases, the PEAP
password is your AD/LDAP credential, so when you store it in the
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections file that represents your SSID,
you're giving your password to anyone with root access on the laptop.

Full disk encryption helps with general security outwith the home folder
here, but it doesn't stop anyone with root displaying that file and
learning your password.

I'd also note that I need to have connected to my SSID before entering
my lightDM password because otherwise pam_mount will fail to map any of
my drives (and will fail silently thereafter too) if I don't.

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