nm-applet permissions problem?

scar · 2011-05-06 19:14:44

After i've upgraded to Gnome3 (the reason why I post this here),
my previously working nm-applet has gone mad. As I try to change settings,
either from the panel applet, or from the control-center, it doesn't accept
any of the changes.

I've tried to launch it from a terminal too, no error message is shown.
( $ gnome-control-center network )

And here comes the best: after changing the settings, I've a REALLY FAST popup window showing up:
"System policy prevets users to change network settings", or something like this -
(I've managed to read this by breaking my fingers on the PrintScreen key).
In short, it asks for the root password, but I don't have the time to type, it disappears.

1, my user is part of the network and networkmanager groups ( see wiki )

2, if I launch "#gnome-control-center network " as root, the checkbox "accesible to all users" is well checked,
root is able to change settings.

3, I've crated another user, same promlem, not able to change anything

everything worked 'til Gnome3 has arrived (besides of this, I like it... and that is just the beginning)

Last edited by scar (2011-05-06 19:17:19)

Aphanic · 2011-05-06 20:24:04

Is polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 running? Comes in the polkit-gnome package and resides in /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

scar · 2011-05-06 20:43:48

# ps ax | grep polkit
3519 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd

And I've temporary "solved" the problem by editing "/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy".
At the "<action id="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system">" changed the line:
<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
to
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

But I really don't like this solution, I mean there are other users on my system too, I don't want them to change my settings.
So, this is not a solution

Aphanic · 2011-05-06 21:02:05

This is what I'm doing for now, there's already an autostart entry which starts the polkit authentication agent supposedly but in on my systems it does not; so I created another one delayed by some seconds to ensure it runs.

Check out this post for more details: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 56#p926656

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#1 2011-05-06 19:14:44

nm-applet permissions problem?

#2 2011-05-06 20:24:04

Re: nm-applet permissions problem?

#3 2011-05-06 20:43:48

Re: nm-applet permissions problem?

#4 2011-05-06 21:02:05

Re: nm-applet permissions problem?

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