Re: If wireless security information is not provided to the plug-in, will the default plug-in handle it?

[Mu Qiao <qiaomuf gmail com>]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 17:15 +0800, Mu Qiao wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Simon Geard <delgarde ihug co nz> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 16:38 +0800, Mu Qiao wrote:
>> >> One more thing. I find that NetworkManager uses gnome keyring to store
>> >> keys. But I didn't find any code doing that. Could you please give me
>> >> some directions?
>> >
>> > NetworkManager doesn't use the gnome keyring itself - the Gnome
>> > network-manager-applet does.
>> >
>> > Simon.
>> >
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>>
>> Thanks, great help.
>> No wonder I just find keyring code in nm-applet. :)
>> Can I say the plug-in should not worry about security information
>> since nm-applet will handle it?
>
> You still need to worry about security information for your plugin if
> you're doing a full implementation.  The applet stores /user/ settings,
> which are specific to that user, while your plugin stores system-wide
> settings that are available to all uses.
>
> However, as long as your plugin returns an error when it's asked to save
> a connection that it doesn't support, and as long as you have the
> 'keyfile' plugin enabled, then NM falls back to the keyfile plugin.
>
> In /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (or nm-system-settings.conf),
> use:
>
> [main]
> plugins=<your plugin>,keyfile
>
>
> to enable that behavior.
>
> Dan
>
>
>

So if currently I only want to configure IP, gateway, DNS for wireless
by my plug-in and ignore security information, will the security
information still be handled by nm-applet and my plug-in work
properly?

-- 
Best wishes,
Mu Qiao