I still see the in 16.04 Alpha. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1105493
Title: network manager runs dnsmasq as user nobody Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Network Manager starts dnsmasq to provide better performing DNS service to the end user; however, it starts dnsmasq as user nobody: $ ps auwwx | grep [d]nsmasq nobody 993 0.0 0.1 33072 1120 ? S 12:06 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d Generally it's bad form from a security perspective to run daemons as user nobody because a vulnerability in one daemon will possibly allow it, when compromised, to interfere with another daemon that is also running as nobody. The preferred solution is to run it under a service-specific system user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri Jan 25 14:17:36 2013 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-25 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IpRoute: default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 proto static 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Wired connection 1 6065df63-d4a5-4426-bf03-4b938adcdf28 802-3-ethernet 1359152173 Fri 25 Jan 2013 02:16:13 PM PST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1105493/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp