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diff --git a/debian/network-manager.README.Debian b/debian/network-manager.README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index cade0bd2..00000000 --- a/debian/network-manager.README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and -straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, 3G, 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. - - -system connections and security -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -In NetworkManager version 0.9, 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 -file. The advantage of system connections is, that they can be active before a -user has logged in and they are active across user sessions. -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. -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. - -For more information see NetworkManager.conf(5) or -http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings - -The keyfile specification is available at -https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/0.9/ref-settings.html - -unmanaged devices and /etc/network/interfaces -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Network devices which are configured in /etc/network/interfaces will typically -be managed by ifupdown. NetworkManager respects such a configuration and will -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 network-manager restart". - |