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| author | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2024-09-04 19:43:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2024-09-04 19:43:57 +0200 |
| commit | ff929adf0c2f52c9e179185f5a48dd2aafc61bc2 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e2fed7a01ea5ea151b2f405c6bd37a9c21838c0 | |
| parent | ede1e6c22200b333c842dcf9ee5a553f63c9e0ae (diff) | |
Update README.Debian
Closes: #864339
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/network-manager.README.Debian | 34 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/debian/network-manager.README.Debian b/debian/network-manager.README.Debian index 66716ede..69267a6a 100644 --- a/debian/network-manager.README.Debian +++ b/debian/network-manager.README.Debian @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and -straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows +straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, mobile or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network to another. It has two components: -1. a system level service which manages connections and reports network changes -2. a graphical desktop applet which allows the user to manipulate network - connections. The nmcli tool provides similar functionality on the command - line. +1. A system level service which manages connections and reports network changes. +2. A managment tool (cli, text or graphical desktop applet) which allows the + user to monitor and manipulate network connections. The included nmcli and + nmtui tools provide this functionality from the command line. Desktop + environments usually have built-in support for NetworkManager. system connections and security ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In NetworkManager version 0.9, network connections are stored as keyfiles in -the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ directory. +In NetworkManager version 0.9 and onwards, network connections are stored as +keyfiles in the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ directory. When creating new wireless or wired connections, they are by default system-owned (i.e. available to everyone) and the secrets (e.g WPA-PSK or WEP key) are stored as plain text in the corresponding connection configuration @@ -24,19 +25,20 @@ Modifying or creating such system-owned connections requires admin privileges. To avoid prompts for the root/admin password, NetworkManager ships a PolicyKit configuration file which grants everyone in group "netdev" or "sudo" the privilege to modify a system connection without prior authentication. Adding a -user to group sudo grants him root-like privileges though. If that is not -wanted, you can choose to add him to group netdev instead. +user to group sudo grants them root-like privileges though. If that is not +wanted, you can choose to add them to group netdev instead. If the user should not have the privilege to add and modify system connections -don't add him to either groups. -In that case, the user clients (like nm-applet) will default to creating -user-owned connections where the secrets are stored in the user keyring. -VPN and 3G type connections are by default also user-owned. +don't add them to either group. +In that case, user clients (like nm-applet) will default to creating user-owned +connections where the secrets are stored in the user keyring. +VPN and mobile connections are by default also user-owned. For more information see NetworkManager.conf(5) or -http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings +https://www.networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/NetworkManager.conf.html The keyfile specification is available at -https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/0.9/ref-settings.html +https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/nm-settings-keyfile.html + unmanaged devices and /etc/network/interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -48,5 +50,5 @@ ignore those devices and mark them as "unmanaged". If you want to have a network interface managed by NetworkManager it is thus recommended to manually remove any configuration for that interface from /etc/network/interfaces. You need to restart NetworkManager afterwards via -"service NetworkManager restart". +"systemctl restart NetworkManager". |