Re: nm-connection-editor working only as root

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte <rdiaz02 gmail com>]

Actually, three problems remain ;-).


1. I've rebooted and reloged in several times, but I cannot save a
connection because it complaints about insufficient privileges. (I get a
pop-up message that says "Connection add failed", "Insufficient
privileges").


I have logged with kdm (or gdm) and have a local session:

ramon@Bufo:~$ ck-list-sessions 
Session1:
        unix-user = '1000'
        realname = 'ramon diaz-uriarte'
        seat = 'Seat1'
        session-type = ''
        active = TRUE
        x11-display = ':0'
        x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
        display-device = ''
        remote-host-name = ''
        is-local = TRUE
        on-since = '2011-10-23T16:29:00.632372Z'
        login-session-id = '4294967295'


2. There is the problem of not being able to access my previously defined
connections (versions 0.8.1). They must be somewhere, but the new versions
do not seem to be able to find them.



3. Finally, connections saved using, say, gksudo nm-connection-editor are
stored under 
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections 

with passwords, etc, as plain text. Sure, they are only readable to root,
but ssn't this a potential problem? If I remember correctly, with previous
versions, you could only access connections (and their passwords) after
entering your password via keyring.


Best,

R.



On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:17:01 +0200,Ramon Diaz-Uriarte <rdiaz02 gmail com> wrote:



> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:16:25 +0200,Michael Biebl <biebl debian org> wrote:
> > [1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]
> > Am 21.10.2011 21:14, schrieb Ramon Diaz-Uriarte:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:42:52 +0200,Michael Biebl <biebl debian org> wrote:
> > >> Am 21.10.2011 13:44, schrieb Ramon Diaz-Uriarte:
> > > 
> > >> What's the output of ck-list-sessions?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Session5:
> > > 	active = FALSE
> > > 	is-local = FALSE

> > That's your problem. Use a login manager, like gdm or kdm, which
> > properly registers a ConsoleKit session.
> > Otherwise the PolicyKit rules used by NM won't work.

> Login with gdm does work, but only partially. I can now add and edit
> connections as non-root (ck-list-sessions now lists two local
> sessions). But the long list of wireless connections I had defined (prior
> to 0.9) is not there. Is there anyway to get those back?


> As well, can I get the PolicyKit rules to work with other login managers?
> I use wdm, but the trick of adding

> exec ck-launch-session xmonad

> at the end of my .xinitrc does not seem to work.


> Thanks,


> R.




> > Michael

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> Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
> Department of Biochemistry
> Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
> Spain

> http://ligarto.org/rdiaz

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-- 
Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
Department of Biochemistry
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain

http://ligarto.org/rdiaz

Temporarily at:
Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
 
Phone: +34-91-732-8000 ext. 3019
Fax: +-34-91-224-6972