[Python-apps-commits] r2348 - in packages/wicd/trunk/debian (README.Debian changelog)

[hanska-guest at users.alioth.debian.org]

    Date: Monday, February 9, 2009 @ 08:39:12
  Author: hanska-guest
Revision: 2348

* debian/README.Debian updated:
  - add information on how to add users to netdev.

Modified:
  packages/wicd/trunk/debian/README.Debian
  packages/wicd/trunk/debian/changelog

Modified: packages/wicd/trunk/debian/README.Debian
===================================================================
--- packages/wicd/trunk/debian/README.Debian	2009-02-08 23:41:57 UTC (rev 2347)
+++ packages/wicd/trunk/debian/README.Debian	2009-02-09 08:39:12 UTC (rev 2348)
@@ -10,4 +10,29 @@
 You can change the contents of this file by using various editors, but
 remember: you have to be root!
 
- -- David Paleino <d.paleino at gmail.com>  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:23 +0200
+From version 1.5.9-1 onwards, the wicd-client GUI will be available
+only to users of the `netdev' group, so as to avoid users not 
+enabled by root to change network configuration.
+This means that, if you do *not* belong to that group, wicd-client 
+will refuse to start with a permission denied error by DBus, as soon 
+as installation succeeds.
+
+To add yourself to the netdev group, ask your administrator to do, or
+do as root yourself:
+
+	# usermod --append --groups netdev <yourusername>
+
+or:
+
+	# adduser <yourusername> netdev
+
+(obviously replace "<yourusername>" with the user you want to grant 
+access to wicd-client to). This could also be done with graphical 
+user management programs.
+
+After you did this, you have to reload DBus by:
+
+	# /etc/init.d/dbus reload
+
+
+ -- David Paleino <d.paleino at gmail.com>  Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:37:13 +0100

Modified: packages/wicd/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- packages/wicd/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-02-08 23:41:57 UTC (rev 2347)
+++ packages/wicd/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-02-09 08:39:12 UTC (rev 2348)
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
   * debian/patches/:
     - 06-add_LC_MESSAGES_parsing.patch added (Closes: #514553)
+  * debian/README.Debian updated:
+    - add information on how to add users to netdev.
 
- -- David Paleino <d.paleino at gmail.com>  Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:44:04 +0100
+ -- David Paleino <d.paleino at gmail.com>  Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:39:05 +0100
 
 wicd (1.5.9-1) unstable; urgency=low