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diff --git a/src/nm-priv-helper/README.md b/src/nm-priv-helper/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 576da7a7..00000000 --- a/src/nm-priv-helper/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -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. |