Re: iwd doesn't work with openresolv

On Mon Jan 3, 2022 at 8:05 PM CET,  wrote:
>> [Service]
>> ReadWritePaths=/etc/resolv.conf.bak
>> ReadWritePaths=/etc/resolv.conf
>> 
>> Others suggested another way to fix it:
>> 
>> RuntimeDirectory=resolvconf
>> ReadWritePaths=/etc/resolv.conf
>> 
>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67069
>> 
>> Can src/iwd.service.in be adjusted?
>
> I think this or a similar issue has come up before.  The problem is that iwd 
> supports either systemd-resolved or resolvconf.  So for systems that use 
> systemd-resolved (which iwd defaults to), punching this security policy 
> exception is not needed and arguably it should not be enabled by default.
>
> Perhaps as a compromise we may be able to ship service.in with these lines added 
> & commented out.  Not sure if this would be of any help though.  Other ideas are 
> welcome.

FWIW, this issue has come up again, but now in the Debian bug tracker:
https://bugs.debian.org/1129196

And Debian's iwd package version 3.11-2 added a patch to add the
ReadWritePaths to iwd.service.in.
https://tracker.debian.org/news/1723586/accepted-iwd-311-2-source-into-unstable/

I don't know what the best/correct solution is, but it seems helpful
that it's documented somewhere (service file, man page, etc) so that
different people don't run into the same issue again and again and have
to search for a solution to it.

Cheers,
  Diederik