On Saturday 20 April 2024 10:39:14 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
> Hi Bill!
>
> Anno domini 2024 Fri, 19 Apr 16:29:44 -0700
>
> William Morder via tde-users scripsit:
> > On Friday 19 April 2024 04:05:24 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
> > > I just ran into polkit hell + network-manager - like Bill. This is how
> > > to get network-manager working for your user, so you do not need to run
> > > it as root:
> > >
> > > Check your permissions - if you get "yes" on all lines, you are good,
> > > but then you won't have network-manager issues at all: $ nmcli gen
> > > permissions
> > >
> > > If you don't get "yes on all lines, then create this file:
> > >
> > > #/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
> > > polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
> > > if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control")
> > > return "yes";
> > > });
> > >
> > > Now check again - all lines should say "yes":
> > > $ nmcli gen permissions
> > >
> > > Now you can do bad stuff with network connections from all your systms
> > > users, but as you most likely are the only system user it should be ok:
> > >
> > > $ nmtui
> > >
> > >
> > > Nik
> >
> > For what it's worth, here is the output that I get:
> >
> > $ nmcli gen permissions
> > PERMISSION VALUE
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.checkpoint-rollback auth
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-connectivity-check yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-network yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-statistics yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wimax yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wwan yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.reload auth
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.global-dns auth
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname auth
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake no
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.scan yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected yes
> >
> > Not quite YES on every line. Don't know if auth is good or bad, and only
> > one line is NO. But maybe I don't want that, anyway? It looks like that
> > would connect the network on wake?
>
> IMO auth is ok - if you really get an authentication dialog. I didn't get
> any and I had mst stuff set on "no". The problem with
> "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake" is that ut's not clear what it
> does - and if there is any documentation to look it up I've not found it
> yet. For me it's totally baffeling how somebody with a sane mind would
> develop such a monstrosity. Most likly it's corporate stuff developed by
> managers and GNOMES ...
>
> Anyway, I have these after adding the mentioned file and networkmanager
> behavers "sane" - which translates to "does not get in my way":
>
> $ nmcli gen permissions
> PERMISSION VALUE
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.checkpoint-rollback ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-connectivity-check ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-network ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-statistics ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wimax ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wwan ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.reload ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.global-dns ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.scan ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open ja
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected ja
>
>
> Nik
It goes without saying, make a backup of that file that I would be changing,
before attempting this. However, I do like when my networkmanager just works,
and doesn't get in my way.
Bill
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