Whoever gave NM a keyring

[Steve]

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:05:19 -0000, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen:
>>
>>> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>>>> Nils Kassube:
>>>>
>>>>> Again a general statement which isn't necessarily true for  
>>>>> everybody. I
>>>>> prefer wicd because of a totally different reason: it will make the  
>>>>> WLAN
>>>>> connection independent from the login of a user.
>>>> Which NM also does - at least for me since Jaunty.
>>>>
>>> 	Not really. Using NM you must give the other user the
>>> password to the keyring.
>>
>> Wrong.
>> NM establishes the WLAN connection even *without any user logged in*.
>> Which makes it very obvious that the WPA password is not stored in any
>> individual user's keyring.
>>
> 	You are dead wrong!
>
> Karl
>
>
"Since NetworkManager considers wireless selection as a preference, it  
does not connect to any wireless networks unless a user is logged onto a  
desktop and one is selected."

 From http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/features/networkmanager/


-- 
Steve