On 07/08/2012 02:37 AM, Armin K. wrote: > 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. >
There it is. I'm not using gdm so the x attributes aren't set. active = FALSE. Gnome only needs to be started by gnome-session in .xinitrc, thanks to the PAM configuration you added (dbus-lauch --exit-with-session is no longer required), however, I do not see polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 in ps output. That'll give me something to work from, however. Thanks! -- DJ Lucas -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
