On Tue, 2019-03-12 at 15:13 +0100, cacquarante@gmail.com wrote: > Dear maintainers, > > this concerns : > > 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 > > ➤ I am writing to report this unsolicited behaviour: > > Steps: > > 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. > > I've found no info about this behaviour in the documentation, > nor how to prevent this to happen without consent. > > ➤ I would like to know how to preserve or restore the primary > network-manager secure behaviour while having Wi-Fi functional. firmware-iwlwifi doesn't contain any code that would change the authentication configuration. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.
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