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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 20.09.2011 07:42, schrieb Vincent Bernat:
> OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du lundi 19 septembre 2011, vers 22:48,
> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> disait :
> 
>>> 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?
> 
> The   connection    did   not   exist    (it   does   not    appear   in
> nm-connection-editor). I  am using  nm-applet 0.9.0-2. I  have restarted
> both nm-applet and Network Manager to ensure they are in sync.
> 
>> 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)
> 
> As the connection does not exist, there is no keyfile for it.

Now you have me confused. How can you activate a connection which does not exist?

Michael


-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 900 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-utopia-maintainers/attachments/20110920/5a0cebe6/attachment.pgp>