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Bug#682608: Fix



Using the suggested comment that /etc/network/interfaces needed lines
commented out, I went to a working system and compared the interfaces
file.

In the installation using the wireless interface the interfaces
file contained a serious security violation as shown here:

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
	wpa-ssid NETGEAR
	wpa-psk  wittyflower875


In that the file contains, in plain ASCII text,
the ssid and password for the network and the file
is viewable by all users.

I commented out the lines and added 

allow-hotplug eth0

which I don't know is absolutely necessary.

A reboot of the system does bring up the WiFi
interface without any difficulty that I can see
at the present time.

Please include a note as to when changes will be made.
I am aperiodically downloading netinst from the daily-build
and installing the system from scratch.

Another bug found.  When plugging in a USB thumb memory drive,
it is not recognized and mounted.  This bug may have already
been reported.  I discovered it when I was thinking of writing
both installs (with and without using wlan0) and doing a 
diff -r  (  :-)  ) to compare the file systems and the exact
files that were configured differently.  So many bugs and so
little time.

thanks and I hope this helps,

chuck adams


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