reopen 743450
retitle 743450 Update README wrt netdev group and logind session
thanks

Am 02.04.2014 23:34, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 02.04.2014 22:37, schrieb anon:
>> Package: network-manager-gnome
>> Version: 0.9.8.8-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> I just updated network-manager-gnome to find that nm-applet no longer worked.
>> After searching around for quite a long time, I found that I now need to be a
>> member of netdev to use nm-applet, which wasn't the case before (my upgrade 
>> was
>> from 0.9.8.4-1 to 0.9.8.8-1).
>> While this is documented in the README, which is laudable, I assume it will

I guess I should update the README.Debian accordingly. Let's re-use this
bug report for this.

>> still screw over many people when they upgrade.

>> Maybe it has to be this way. I'm just letting you know.
> 
> No, you don't need to be in group netdev.
> What you need is a logind [0] session. I've just uploaded
> network-manager 0.9.8.8-5 which now depends on libpam-systemd for that.
> 
> I'm thus closing this bug.
> If you still have issues after installing libpam-systemd and restarting
> your session, feel free to re-open the bug report.
> 
> [0] logind being the successor of ConsoleKit
> 


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