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man: clarify description of keyfiles in man nm-settings-keyfile

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Before:

  It writes files out in a .ini-style format in
  /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/.
  ...
  For security, it will ignore files that are readable or
  writable by any user or group other than 'root' since private
  keys...

After:

  The files are in a .ini-style format and located in
  /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/,
  /usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections/ and
  /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/.
  ...
  For security, it will ignore files that are readable or
  writable by any user other than 'root' since private keys...

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819259
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Thomas Haller 2020-04-01 15:49:19 +02:00
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man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
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@ -40,12 +40,14 @@
</para>
<para>
The <emphasis>keyfile</emphasis> plugin is the generic plugin that supports all
the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has. It writes files
out in a .ini-style format in <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>.
the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has. The files are
in a .ini-style format and located in <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>,
<filename>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename> and
<filename>/run/NetworkManager/system-connections/</filename>.
This plugin is always enabled and will automatically be used to store
any connections that are not supported by any other active plugin.
For security, it will ignore files that are readable or writable by any user
or group other than 'root' since private keys and passphrases may be stored
other than 'root' since private keys and passphrases may be stored
in plaintext inside the file.
</para>
</refsect1>