Re: CVS commit: src/etc

[Pierre Pronchery <khorben%defora.org@localhost>]

On 14/01/2019 12:27, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> [...]
> This does give the ability to configure wifi with a GUI w/o root or
> something akin to polkit, via some pkgsrc packages (There's wpa_gui, for
> example, it's a QT5 thing. I imagine writing other things is not much
> harder)

Yes, that's also what x11/deforaos-panel uses to configure wireless.

> I just figured this change might be controversial so we need to be
> honest about it happening.

The change Roy made is something I also perform systematically on any
system I install and expect to connect to a wireless networks. It is
harmless when wpa_supplicant(8) is not running.

I agree that a dedicated group to allow network configuration would be
nice. However users in the "wheel" group are usually expected to be
allowed to su(1) anyway, and I think the balance is already very good
with this group to perform the corresponding privileged operations
without prompting for a password nor exposing too much.

Cheers,
-- 
khorben