[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#809572: Bug#809572: policykit-1: nm-connection-editor cannot edit or delete connections

[Michael Biebl]

Control: tags -1 - patch

Am 01.01.2016 um 17:21 schrieb Nils Dagsson Moskopp:
> Package: policykit-1
> Version: 0.105-14
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> today I tried to run nm-connection-editor to view a password.
> The password was for a wireless network, I input it yesterday.
> 
> I could not edit the connection in the nm-connection-editor:
> The button to edit is was greyed out. I am using i3wm as WM.
> 
> I found that debian bug #804044 contains a working solution:
> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804044#5>
> 
> I edited the following file (see attachment to the bug report):
> /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pkla
> After I saved the file, the bug went away. I have no idea why!
> 
> I tried to find out which package the file does belong to.
> I was unable to do so using the “apt-file search” command.
> Therefore I am filing this bug against policykit-1 now.

This is not a valid patch (as it opens a security hole), thus removing
the patch tag. It is also not necessary if you have an active logind
session.

Do you have an active logind session for your logged in user (check with
loginctl) and is a polkit agent running in your session?

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universe are pointed away from Earth?

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