GNU bug report logs - #78047
WiFi stops working if managed with NetworkManager after migration to unprivileged guix daemon

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Message #25 received at 78047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> friendly-machines.com>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 78047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Rodion Goritskov <rodion <at> goritskov.com>
Subject: Re: bug#78047: WiFi stops working if managed with NetworkManager
 after migration to unprivileged guix daemon
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:24:27 +0200

Hi,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> friendly-machines.com> writes:

> Maybe for a really really paranoid way we could replace the check by a
> check whether geteuid() == st_uid, no ?  The idea being that the check
> wouldn't change behavior if it's actually run as root and would change
> behavior if it's run as your real user.

But what would this check buy us?

> For the record, on guix system, network manager is run like this:
>
> $ ps -ef |grep -i networkmana
> root 1650 1 0 Jun05 ?  00:00:06
> /gnu/store/8fg4facbxkd31r4yl1q6zl2df28mjixg-network-manager-1.52.0/sbin/NetworkManager
> --config=/gnu/store/3cp48fvxfivj2255bbxj7363qj33ajs9-NetworkManager.conf
> --no-daemon

Yes, so it’s in the store and the configuration file (and thus plugin
directory) is defined statically by the system administrator.

So I feel like there cannot be a situation where an unprivileged user
would trick NetworkManager into loading user-owned plugins.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

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