On 07/08/2012 04:53 AM, DJ Lucas wrote:
> Anybody have an idea of how to allow a regular user (as a member of a
> dedicated group) to modify a wired connection's configuration? With the
> config file I've added to the BLFS Wiki (well, similar to that one, I've
> divided it up as I had suggested),
> http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/NetworkManager I'm able to
> enable and disable the connections, but I cannot edit settings using the
> gnome nm applet on wired connections. I'm sure I'm missing something
> simple, but can't for the life of me find it. I've tried various changes
> to policies with no change. Also, clicking network settings from the
> tray does nothing...I have to open nm-connection-manager manually.
>
> -- DJ Lucas
>
Does it work? It looks to me like something I found in Debian not so
long ago, but I've noticed that network manager will work without that.
However, you need to make sure about two things: polkit-gnome MUST be
running. Probably the reason why you can't edit connections, because it
would require polkit authentification agent to be running. Another main
reason is that your session needs to be registered with consolekit and
also marked as active (I suggest using Linux PAM there, since I don't
know any other way).
$ ck-list-sessions
Session2:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Armin K'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2012-07-08T06:55:14.236487Z'
login-session-id = '2'
My session is started via GDM, so x11-display-device is /dev/tty7. You
might get different output there, but you need to make sure that active
= TRUE and is-local = TRUE is really present, or you will be unable to
do any "administrative" stuff.
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