Ubuntu
network-manager package

Directly manipulating NetworkManager keyfiles

Bug #2019940 reported by Lukas Märdian
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augeas (Ubuntu)
New
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calamares (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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cloud-init (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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cruft (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
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cruft-ng (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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dracut (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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forensic-artifacts (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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guestfs-tools (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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guix (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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ltsp (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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netcfg (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
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netplan.io (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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refpolicy (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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sosreport (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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uhd (Ubuntu)
New
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vagrant (Ubuntu)
New
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Bug Description

The affected packages can manipulate NetworkManager keyfiles directly on disk, which might not be appropriate anymore on Ubuntu, since the Netplan integration was enabled in NetworkManager (starting with Mantic), migrating any keyfile configuration from /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*[.nmconnection] to /etc/netplan/90-NM-*.yaml

See Netplan's documentation for how connections are handled:
https://netplan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/netplan-everywhere/

PS: Packages were queried using:
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%2Fsystem-connections&literal=1&perpkg=1

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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

Netplan deals with keyfiles in /run/NetworkManager/system-connections not /etc/...

Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
tags: added: rls-mm-incoming
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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

netcfg is not part of Ubuntu anymore (got dropped post Focal)

Changed in netcfg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg)
Changed in ltsp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

We should run the same query on the Ubuntu archive, too. The security team (sespiros / sarnold) might be able to help with this in the future.

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :

jammy, lunary, and mantic:

for distro in jammy lunar mantic ; do for component in main universe multiverse restricted ; do for-archive /srv/mirror/ubuntu/dists/$distro/$component/source/Sources.gz /srv/mirror/ubuntu/ ~/bin/for-archive-tools/unpack-search '/system-connections' ; done ; done | tee ~/system-connections-$(date +%d-%H:%M:%S)

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James Falcon (falcojr) wrote :

Invalid for cloud-init because the affected code is for rendering NetworkManager config on (non-Ubuntu) systems that are not using netplan.

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Lukas Märdian (slyon)
Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
status: Won't Fix → Invalid
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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

cruft is not part of Ubuntu anymore (got dropped post Kinetic)

Changed in cruft (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

Thank you @seth-arnold! I've updated the affected packages of this bug and (bug #2019939) accordingly.

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Arif Ali (arif-ali) wrote :

Invalid for sosreport

We collect NetworkManager and netplan data depending what is available

Changed in sosreport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Dave Jones (waveform)
tags: added: foundations-todo
removed: rls-mm-incoming
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Have any snaps been looked at e.g. subiquity or ubuntu-desktop-installer?

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Alexandre Detiste (alexandre-detiste) wrote :

Please provide output of "cruft-ng" on an updated system. I'm not running Ubuntu.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cruft-ng - 0.9.55

---------------
cruft-ng (0.9.55) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Christian Göttsche ]
  * Misc tweaks to rules: chkrootkit, geoipupdate,
    selinux (Closes: #1033804)

  [ NicolasJamar ]
  * refresh misc filters for Debian, Ubuntu & Pop_OS

  [ Alexandre Detiste ]
  * move the bulk of Ubuntu rules out of the way,
    only handle /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*
    on Debian (LP: #2019940)
  * add a generic explain script for runit-helper

 -- Alexandre Detiste <email address hidden> Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:18:27 +0200

Changed in cruft-ng (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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