NetworkManager cleartext config files vs home folder encryption

[Per Guth]

On 25.12.2013 10:36, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> It's stored there because "All users may connect to this network"
> ticked on that Wifi connection point. Open network indicator -> Edit
> connections ... -> Select network -> Click edit... -> in general tab
> untick "All users may connect to this network".
I read about that. Unchecking that option moves the password into the 
user's keychain, which is neat.

But it still leaves the question open: Does the regular Ubuntu user 
really expect that there will be clear text passwords for his Wifi 
networks outside his encrypted home folder (without taking additional 
steps)?

To me it would even be more intuitive to have "All users may connect to 
this network" turned off by default (recognizing "enabling a Wifi 
network for all users" as an administrative action).

> one can use policykit to
> allow unprivileged users to control a system job.
Thanks for pointing that out! I will read into that and update my 
tutorial accordingly.

All the best,
Per