Re: [opensuse-support] NetworkManager requires root permissions

* Patrick Shanahan [06-09-19 23:39]:

* Simon Lees [06-09-19 19:47]:

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On 10/06/2019 01:12, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Knurpht-openSUSE [06-09-19 11:38]:

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Op zondag 9 juni 2019 17:18:16 CEST schreef Patrick Shanahan:

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new install of Tw using NetworkManager.

starting/stopping/changing network requires root permissions. I cannot even remotely restart the subj computer w/o physical access to provide root password. none of my other Tw installs with NM require this.

how to change?

found discussion on google but nothing that appears relevant. polkit configs are the same on all Tw boxes. wtf!

tks, Patrick, is this for a wired connection? I recently ( provider + modem router changed ) found that the wired connection is automatically set to be used by all users, and afterwards attempts to edit the connection indeed required the root password. This on my laptop with KDE - TW and NM

no. but I have several other Tw/NM boxes which do not require root pw to attach/change/add/subtract/... requiring root pw is a killer. should be able to adjust that *somewhere* and polkit may be the place but it is not consistant as my other Tw's have same polkit defaults.

As far as I know the default requires root permissions and always have (atleast for the last 3+ years) not sure what's special on your other systems so that its not the case.

Polkit is the right place to change this, the config I use allows any user in the "network" group to change the global network connection. If you'd like to do something similar you can grab it from here.

http://paste.opensuse.org/view//61017704

tks, added rule, checked perms, systemctl restart polkit <user> is member groups nm-openconnect,nm-openvpn,systemd-network there is no group: network changing network connection still requires root passwd

rebooted system still requires root passwd

systemctl status polkit Operator of unix-session:2 successfully authenticated as unix-user:root to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system for unix-process:1928:2344 [kded5 [kdeinit5]] (owned by unix-user:paka)

???

tks,

update: added new group "network" to <user> restarted polkit <user> can now start/change/... NM BUT, network is not up until <user> login at runlevel 5 network needs to start when system comes up to at least multi-user level for remote administration. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. tks for a partial solution, but more is necessary. and I cannot understand why this new Tw install performs differently than previous installs ????? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org