Re: vpn password stored in plain text

[Olaf Hering <olaf aepfle de>]

Am 28.09.2015 um 17:00 schrieb Dan Williams:
> On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 09:32 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > Why is the VPN password stored in plain text in
> > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections? Is there a way to let the GUI
> > ask for it every time?
>
> Note that the file is read-only by root.  If somebody has root on your
> machine, they can do a lot more than read your password.

If the disk gets stolen the password is accessible. Thanks for your
other suggestions, will work through them.

Olaf