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diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index 9366606..b349832 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -197,7 +197,14 @@ key is tried to be set, the set method will fail. This is a way to enforce fine-grained rules on users when writing PolicyKit rules for every action would be too great an overhead. - </p></div><p> + </p></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><a name="plugins-dbus"></a><img src="ohm-dbus-access.png" align="middle"></div><p> + Plugins have direct access to the keystore and can read and write any key + even if private. + The DBUS interface to the keystore is however limited to only setting + public keys to enforce security policy. + The DBUS interface should only be used to set preferences, it should + never be used to set or change policy - this is the job for the plugin. + </p><p> Plugins can tell <code class="literal">ohmd</code> that other plugins are required for certain functionality, for instance, the backlight unit on a mobile phone may require the temperature module to be present, so it can do the |