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+nm-priv-helper
+==============
+
+This is a D-Bus activatable, exit-on-idle service, which
+provides an internal API to NetworkManager daemon.
+
+This has no purpose for the user, it is an implementation detail
+of the daemon.
+
+The purpose is that `nm-priv-helper` can execute certain
+privileged operations which NetworkManager process is not
+allowed to. We want to sandbox NetworkManager as much as
+possible, and nm-priv-helper provides a controlled way to
+perform some very specific operations.
+
+As such, nm-priv-helper should still be sandboxed too to only
+being able to execute the operations that are necessary for
+NetworkManager.
+
+nm-priv-helper will reject all D-Bus requests that are not
+originating from the current name owner of
+"org.freedesktop.NetworkManager".  That is, it is supposed to
+only reply to NetworkManager daemon and as such is not useful to
+the user directly.