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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