severity 497643 wishlist tags 497643 wontfix thanks Ralph Plawetzki wrote: > Package: network-manager > Version: 0.6.6-2 > Severity: important > > Dear package maintainer, > > I recently made a lenny installation from scratch using the > cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 CD > Binary-1 20080825-11:06]. > I installed GNOME via 'aptitude install gnome'. Everything was fine > exept that the nm-applet was not displayed. Google said, that the user > has to be in group netdev. After I added my user to netdev, nm-applet > showed up and worked fine. > > To me it seems, that the postinst-script of network-manager 0.6.6-2 > lacks a function for adding users to netdev. >
Adding users automatically to group netdev is not going to happen, sorry. If you want a more automatic, dynamic way of granting access to NM, please install consolekit. See http://bugs.debian.org/496723 for more details. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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