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author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2020-04-01 15:49:19 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2020-04-01 16:01:55 +0200 |
commit | 3477d764d312b2aae45a3c2308adf5699f723081 (patch) | |
tree | 71f6b0e7fbc253e52869391915ad98df4b2f3140 /man | |
parent | 0cbd9193cd0d6d5c18641c20c7e3bd08642208ce (diff) | |
download | NetworkManager-3477d764d312b2aae45a3c2308adf5699f723081.tar.gz |
man: clarify description of keyfiles in `man nm-settings-keyfile`
Before:
It writes files out in a .ini-style format in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/.
...
For security, it will ignore files that are readable or
writable by any user or group other than 'root' since private
keys...
After:
The files are in a .ini-style format and located in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/,
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections/ and
/run/NetworkManager/system-connections/.
...
For security, it will ignore files that are readable or
writable by any user other than 'root' since private keys...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819259
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl index 486a4c5377..ce4328cc2c 100644 --- a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl +++ b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl @@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ </para> <para> The <emphasis>keyfile</emphasis> plugin is the generic plugin that supports all - the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has. It writes files - out in a .ini-style format in <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>. + the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has. The files are + in a .ini-style format and located in <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>, + <filename>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename> and + <filename>/run/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>. This plugin is always enabled and will automatically be used to store any connections that are not supported by any other active plugin. For security, it will ignore files that are readable or writable by any user - or group other than 'root' since private keys and passphrases may be stored + other than 'root' since private keys and passphrases may be stored in plaintext inside the file. </para> </refsect1> |