http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988737 Bug ID: 988737 Summary: PolKit blocks NetworkManager from doing anything useful Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 42.1 Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME Assignee: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: mfilka@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- I did an upgrade from OS 13.2 to 42.1 When I login to 42.1 and NetworkManager tries to connect to known Wi-Fi I get root authentication request. Moreover, NetworkManager is unable to connect to VPN (Not authorized to control networking) or create new connections. All this worked with no problem in 13.2 polkit-0.113-9.1.x86_64 # pkaction --action-id org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control --verbose org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control: description: Allow control of network connections message: System policy prevents control of network connections vendor: NetworkManager vendor_url: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager icon: nm-icon implicit any: auth_admin implicit inactive: yes implicit active: yes What is proper polkit setup for using NetworkManager as a non-root user? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.