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crackem38

Member

From: Arkansas

Registered: 2015-06-22

Posts: 17

NetworkManager will not allow non-root user to connect to network

When logged in as a normal user and I attempt to connect to a wireless network, I get this error:

"(32) Authorization check failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control is not registered."

After logging into root, I was able to enter the wireless password and connect, but after restarting and logging into my normal account, I continue to have the same error. I have already added my user account to group "network", and added this file to /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/:

filename: 50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
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polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 && subject.isInGroup("network")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});
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Also, I have enabled NetworkManager.service and made sure all other network services wire disabled. (again, network works correctly and connects automatically while in root account)

boban_dj

Member

Registered: 2015-03-17

Posts: 150

Re: NetworkManager will not allow non-root user to connect to network

when i installed

pacman -S networkmanager networkmanager-dispatcher-ntpd

I did't have to make these extra rules? it just connected. My user is part of the wheel group, i did not add my user to network group.

crackem38

Member

From: Arkansas

Registered: 2015-06-22

Posts: 17

Re: NetworkManager will not allow non-root user to connect to network

Thanks! I'll try this when I get home.