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NetworkManager runs as root and has lots of capabilities. We want to reduce the attach surface by dropping capabilities, but there is a genuine need to do certain things. For example, we currently require dac_override capability, to open the unix socket of ovsdb. Most users wouldn't use OVS, so we should find a way to not require that dac_override capability. The solution is to have a separate, D-Bus activate service (nm-sudo), which has the capability to open and provide the file descriptor. For authentication, we only rely on D-Bus. We watch the name owner of NetworkManager, and only accept requests from that service. We trust D-Bus to get it right a request from that name owner is really coming from NetworkManager. If we couldn't trust that, how could PolicyKit or any authentication via D-Bus work? For testing, the user can set NM_SUDO_NO_AUTH_FOR_TESTING=1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921826
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<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
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"-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
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"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
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<busconfig>
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<policy user="root">
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<allow own="org.freedesktop.nm.sudo"/>
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<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.nm.sudo"/>
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</policy>
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<policy context="default">
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<deny own="org.freedesktop.nm.sudo"/>
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<deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.nm.sudo"/>
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</policy>
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</busconfig>
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