Bug#891599: gdm3: Greeter doesn't allow control of network-manager connections even when member of netdev group

[Matthew Gabeler-Lee]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u1
Severity: normal

Based on the policy-kit settings, I would expect that adding the Debian-gdm
user to the netdev group (and restarting gdm3 or rebooting) to allow me to
control network connections from the greeter (AKA login screen).  For
example, if a VPN needs to be connected first to authenticate logins
(LDAP/AD).  But this doesn't work.  The greeter seems to always show the
network connection information as read-only.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (490, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                       0.6.43-1
ii  adduser                               3.115
ii  dconf-cli                             0.26.0-2+b1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend               0.26.0-2+b1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                 1.5.61
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                        3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]     3.22.3-1
ii  gnome-session-bin                     3.22.3-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                 3.22.2-2+deb9u2
ii  gnome-shell                           3.22.3-3
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]  3.22.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas             3.22.0-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                   0.6.43-1
ii  libaudit1                             1:2.6.7-2
ii  libc6                                 2.26-6
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                    0.30-3
ii  libcanberra0                          0.30-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                    2.36.5-2+deb9u2
ii  libgdm1                               3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii  libglib2.0-0                          2.50.3-2
ii  libglib2.0-bin                        2.50.3-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                            3.22.11-1
ii  libkeyutils1                          1.5.9-9
ii  libpam-modules                        1.1.8-3.6
ii  libpam-runtime                        1.1.8-3.6
ii  libpam-systemd                        232-25+deb9u1
ii  libpam0g                              1.1.8-3.6
ii  librsvg2-common                       2.40.16-1+b1
ii  libselinux1                           2.6-3+b3
ii  libsystemd0                           232-25+deb9u1
ii  libwrap0                              7.6.q-26
ii  libx11-6                              2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxau6                               1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxcb1                               1.12-1
ii  libxdmcp6                             1:1.1.2-3
ii  lsb-base                              9.20161125
ii  lxterminal [x-terminal-emulator]      0.3.0-2
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]           1:3.22.1-1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]             3.22.3-2
ii  policykit-1                           0.105-18
ii  terminator [x-terminal-emulator]      1.90+bzr-1705-1
ii  tilix [x-terminal-emulator]           1.7.1-2
ii  ucf                                   3.0036
ii  wmaker [x-window-manager]             0.95.7-8
ii  x11-common                            1:7.7+19
ii  x11-xserver-utils                     7.7+7+b1
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]  0.8.3-1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]           327-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core    2.22.0-6+deb9u1
ii  desktop-base    9.0.2+deb9u1
ii  x11-xkb-utils   7.7+3+b1
pn  xserver-xephyr  <none>
ii  xserver-xorg    1:7.7+19
ii  zenity          3.22.0-1+b1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn  gnome-orca            <none>
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.20.0-3

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/Init/Default changed [not included]

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3