Am 20.09.2011 07:42, schrieb Vincent Bernat: > OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du lundi 19 septembre 2011, vers 22:48, > Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> disait : > >>> 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? Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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