[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#642136: Bug#642136: network-manager: Connecting to a wifi network requires org.freedesktop.NM.settings.modify.system privileges

[Michael Biebl]

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Am 19.09.2011 20:15, schrieb Vincent Bernat:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.9.0-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Since NetworkManager 0.9, a simple user is not allowed to connect to
> some wireless network unless it is granted (through policy kit or
> appropriate permissions)
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system. This permission
> allows to alter existing connections as well. An active user should be
> authorized to use any wireless network if he wants to by default (like
> in previous versions). Or it should be possible to configure network
> manager to allow users to connect to wireless networks without
> enabling them to modify other system settings.

This is of course possible.
Was the connection you tried to enable created by another user? What's the name
of the user trying to activate the connection?
Which GUI frontend (and which version) do you use?
Was the connection imported from earlier versions i.e. created by nm-applet < 0.9?

As connections are now all stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ ,
could you attach the corresponding keyfile (make sure it doesn't contain any
confidential data)

Michael

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