On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:02:43 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 19/04/2019 02.23, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:30:07 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
which is the key, in clear text.
Ouch! Doubleplusungood.
I don't know what that word means :-D But I found it.
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Consider that if it is not done that way, the WiFi can not connect before the desktop is open and the user types the password, possibly another one for the vault.
I confess I never use NM and rarely use wi-fi at all, so I may be spouting nonsense :) Storing passwords in cleartext is *always* a bad idea. Surely connecting to the wi-fi is something that should require the user's credentials; I may not want somebody logging in as guest to be able to access my network resources. I don't see why the act of logging in (with a password or other credentials) could not also enable wi-fi access as well as start the desktop?
Another vault would be required from "root", to be typed during boot. Problematic if nobody logs in locally.
You seem to have a different use case to what I am thinking of. An IOT device? I expect there are ways to avoid plaintext password storage in such cases, but I don't know what they are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org