[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 09:56, schrieb Vincent Bernat:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:38:00 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Am 20.09.2011 07:42, schrieb Vincent Bernat:

>>
>> Now you have me confused. How can you activate a connection which
>> does not exist?
> 
> This is a wireless network I never connected to. I choose it from the 
> available wireless network detected by Network Manager. Through polkit 
> helper, Network Manager is asking me for administrative rights just to 
> connect to this new wireless network.

What desktop environment do you use?
If GNOME, is /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 running?
If not, does it help if you start it manually?



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