Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1578 mails)

[Nelson Marques <nmo.marques@xxxxxxxxx>]

2011/11/19 James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Martin Schlander wrote:
> > The fantastic new completely refactored NM 0.9 now needs root privs to
> > create
> > or edit connections...
>
> 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.

Very nice, but you missed one point, you only need root if you tick
the option to make it available for all users... So all of this is
really FUD.

Have a nice day.

NM


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