Re: How to avoid using policy kit with openvpn

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 17:25 +0200, matti kaasinen wrote:
> Version information:
> OpenVPN: 2.3.8
> NetworkManager: 1.0.10
> ModemManager 1.4.12
> Dbus-daemon:1.10.6

If these are single-user systems, you can rebuild NM with PolicyKit
disabled so that it never validates requests against PolicyKit.

Could you 'nmcli g log level debug' on a problem machine and grab some
log output from before and after the error?

Dan


> 2016-11-23 16:37 GMT+02:00 matti kaasinen <matti kaasinen gmail com>:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I do have kind of manager of NetworkManager who amongst of other
> > things
> > tries to connect modem automatically because my devices are
> > embedded cards
> > located somewhere in nowhere. These cards communicate to server
> > through
> > OpenVpn tunnel. This modem connection process worked quite well
> > untill I
> > tried using it with OpenVpn. It seems that I can't use
> > AddAndActivateConnection method anymore (python api) as I do get
> > now "Got
> > "PolicyKit authorization failed" error message at the point where I
> > try to
> > access PIN. This does not happen if OpenVpn is not activated. I
> > tried to
> > use following option in NetworkManager.conf file:
> >
> > [keyfile]
> > unmanaged-devices=interface-name:tun*
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matti
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