[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#757698: [network-manager] network-manager: Not authorized to control networking

[Török Edwin]

Package: network-manager
Version: 0.9.10.0-1
Severity: normal

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I cannot control network-manager as a normal user anymore.
I used to be able to use the network-manager KDE tray applet: connect/disconnect the wired interface,
connect/disconnect the VPN interfaces.

However after a recent upgrade (systemd? libpam-systemd?) I cannot use it anymore.
Clicking the connect/disconnect button on wired interfaces does nothing,
and on VPN interfaces I get this error:

Aug 10 19:31:40 debian NetworkManager[2724]: <warn> Failed to activate 'MyVPN': Not authorized to control networking.

I can reproduce this everytime, after a reboot too.
It is reproducible with nmcli too:
$ nmcli connection up MyVPN
Error: Connection activation failed: Not authorized to control networking.

As a workaround I can use sudo to invoke the cli, but I loose the convenience of the tray applet
(which is useful with WiFi, but I don't have WiFi on this box):
$ sudo nmcli connection up MyVPN

My user is member of netdev, plugdev, and I haven't changed group membership lately:

$ id
uid=1000(edwin) gid=1000(edwin) groups=1000(edwin),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(scanner),107(bluetooth),109(netdev),122(kvm),123(libvirt)

I am using sysvinit-core and systemd-shim, i.e. I am not using systemd-as-pid1.

systemd logs this to kmsg (I opened a separate bug about that), I don't know if it is related:
[   27.565727] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to enable subscription: No such method 'Subscribe'
[   27.566597] systemd-logind[3382]: New seat seat0.
[   27.567357] systemd-logind[3382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button)
[   27.567475] systemd-logind[3382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button)
[   27.570542] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to start unit user at 1000.service: Unknown unit: user at 1000.service
[   27.570555] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to start user service: Unknown unit: user at 1000.service
[   27.572213] systemd-logind[3382]: New session 2 of user edwin.
[   27.572249] systemd-logind[3382]: Linked /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 to /run/user/1000/X11-display.
[  841.498260] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to start unit user at 65534.service: Unknown unit: user at 65534.service
[  841.498272] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to start user service: Unknown unit: user at 65534.service
[  841.499580] systemd-logind[3382]: New session c1 of user nobody.
[  841.517534] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon scope session-c1.scope
[  841.517542] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon session scope: No such interface 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Scope' on object at path /org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/session_2dc1_2escope
[  841.524278] systemd-logind[3382]: New session c2 of user nobody.
[  841.537574] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon scope session-c2.scope
[  841.537583] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon session scope: No such interface 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Scope' on object at path /org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/session_2dc2_2escope
[  841.545551] systemd-logind[3382]: New session c3 of user nobody.
[  900.432607] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon scope session-c3.scope
[  900.432618] systemd-logind[3382]: Failed to abandon session scope: No such interface 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Scope' on object at path /org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/session_2dc3_2escope


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.14-2-amd64

Debian Release: jessie/sid
  500 unstable        ftp.ro.debian.org 
  500 testing         ftp.ro.debian.org 
    1 experimental    ftp.ro.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                         (Version) | Installed
=========================================-+-================
libc6                           (>= 2.17) | 
libdbus-1-3                    (>= 1.0.2) | 
libdbus-glib-1-2               (>= 0.102) | 
libgcrypt11                    (>= 1.4.5) | 
libglib2.0-0                  (>= 2.37.3) | 
libgnutls-deb0-28           (>= 3.2.10-0) | 
libgudev-1.0-0                   (>= 165) | 
libmm-glib0                    (>= 1.0.0) | 
libndp0                          (>= 1.2) | 
libnewt0.52                               | 
libnl-3-200                   (>= 3.2.21) | 
libnl-genl-3-200              (>= 3.2.21) | 
libnl-route-3-200              (>= 3.2.7) | 
libnm-glib4                 (>= 0.9.10.0) | 
libnm-util2                 (>= 0.9.10.0) | 
libpolkit-gobject-1-0          (>= 0.101) | 
libreadline6                     (>= 6.0) | 
libsoup2.4-1                  (>= 2.39.3) | 
libsystemd-daemon0                (>= 31) | 
libsystemd-login0                 (>= 31) | 
libuuid1                        (>= 2.16) | 
init-system-helpers            (>= 1.18~) | 
lsb-base                      (>= 3.2-14) | 
wpasupplicant                (>= 0.7.3-1) | 
dbus                           (>= 1.1.2) | 
udev                                      | 
adduser                                   | 
isc-dhcp-client           (>= 4.1.1-P1-4) | 
libpam-systemd                            | 
policykit-1                               | 


Recommends        (Version) | Installed
===========================-+-===========
ppp              (>= 2.4.6) | 2.4.6-2
dnsmasq-base                | 2.71-1
iptables                    | 1.4.21-2
modemmanager                | 1.2.0-1
crda                        | 1.1.2-1


Suggests           (Version) | Installed
============================-+-===========
avahi-autoipd                |