On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:38:00 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
Am 20.09.2011 07:42, schrieb Vincent Bernat:
Since NetworkManager 0.9, a simple user is not allowed to connect
to
some wireless network unless it is granted (through policy kit or
appropriate permissions)
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system. This
permission
allows to alter existing connections as well. An active user
should be
authorized to use any wireless network if he wants to by default
(like
in previous versions). Or it should be possible to configure
network
manager to allow users to connect to wireless networks without
enabling them to modify other system settings.
This is of course possible.
Was the connection you tried to enable created by another user?
What's the name
of the user trying to activate the connection?
Which GUI frontend (and which version) do you use?
Was the connection imported from earlier versions i.e. created
by
nm-applet < 0.9?
The connection did not exist (it does not appear
in
nm-connection-editor). I am using nm-applet 0.9.0-2. I have
restarted
both nm-applet and Network Manager to ensure they are in sync.
As connections are now all stored in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ ,
could you attach the corresponding keyfile (make sure it doesn't
contain any
confidential data)
As the connection does not exist, there is no keyfile for it.
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.
I can connect to an unknown wire network without password but I need to
grant administrative rights to connect an unknown wireless network. I
would like to not be prompted for something like this but the right
requested is overly general. If I grant it to the active users, he will
be able to tamper with existing connections. In previous version,
connecting to an unknown wireless network was granted without passwords
to the active user.
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