Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1578 mails)

[C <smaug42@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 13:46, James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is an incredibly stupid and short sighted decision that will impair
> adoption of Linux in corporate environments.  These days, companies often
> provide employees with notebook computers, with the expectation they will be
> used elsewhere.  They are also often not in the habit of giving employees
> admin or root access.  This means an employee, at home, travelling on
> business or just in the local coffee shop, will not be able to use WiFi,
> unless that company is prepared to send someone with root access along with
> them.  In many locations, WiFi is the only option, as Ethernet is not
> available.  Unless there is some way for an admin to turn off this
> "feature", it will cause problems for corporate users.

So you didn't read/see Stefan Seyfried's reply in the other thread you
participated in on this same topic?

Quoting Stefan:
"Just uncheck the "available to all users" box in nm-connetion-editor
and you won't need root."

So.. on to the next rant then, err, I mean discussion :-)

C.
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