Control: tags -1 - patch Am 01.01.2016 um 17:21 schrieb Nils Dagsson Moskopp: > Package: policykit-1 > Version: 0.105-14 > Severity: important > Tags: patch > > Dear Maintainer, > > today I tried to run nm-connection-editor to view a password. > The password was for a wireless network, I input it yesterday. > > I could not edit the connection in the nm-connection-editor: > The button to edit is was greyed out. I am using i3wm as WM. > > I found that debian bug #804044 contains a working solution: > <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804044#5> > > I edited the following file (see attachment to the bug report): > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pkla > After I saved the file, the bug went away. I have no idea why! > > I tried to find out which package the file does belong to. > I was unable to do so using the “apt-file search” command. > Therefore I am filing this bug against policykit-1 now.
This is not a valid patch (as it opens a security hole), thus removing the patch tag. It is also not necessary if you have an active logind session. Do you have an active logind session for your logged in user (check with loginctl) and is a polkit agent running in your session? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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