Richmond <richm...@criptext.com> writes: > David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> writes: > >> On 5/13/22 09:02, Richmond wrote: >>> David Christensen writes: >>>> On 5/12/22 07:17, Richmond wrote: >>>>> David Christensen writes: >>>>>> On 5/11/22 06:55, Richmond wrote: >>>>>>> I have a network manager applet on my xfce4 desktop. I am logged >>>>>>> in as a non root user, and I can select edit connections and >>>>>>> change the IPv4 settings to DHCP address only and then put in a >>>>>>> DNS, then save. If I look at /etc/resolv.conf though nothing has >>>>>>> changed. Restarting networking or rebooting makes no >>>>>>> difference. Perhaps this menu option should only appear for >>>>>>> root, or should cause an error message for non root users? >> >>>> If I choose "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only", the labels for the >>>> second and third settings change. Putting in some test data: >>>> >>>> Additional static addresses -> Add: Address -> 192.168.123.45 >>>> Netmask -> 255.255.255.0 Gateway -> 192.168.5.1 >>>> >>>> DNS servers -> 192.168.123.45,192.168.123.67 >>>> >>>> Search domains -> frunobulax.org >>>> >>>> DHCP client ID -> empty >>>> >>>> Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete -> >>>> unchecked >>>> >>>> >>>> I then click "Save". >>>> >>>> >>>> I then enter the root password in the pop-up that opens. >>>> >>>> >>>> I then close the "Network Connections" window and reboot. >>>> >>>> 2022-05-12 16:10:25 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ ls -l /etc/resolv.conf >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 May 12 16:09 /etc/resolv.conf >>>> >>>> 2022-05-12 16:10:34 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # >>>> Generated by NetworkManager search frunobulax.org nameserver >>>> 192.168.123.45 nameserver 192.168.123.67 >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this the results you expect? >> >>> I didn't put in a search domain, netmask, or gateway. >> >> >> Put them in and try again. Without crawling the code, we have no >> idea what actually matters. >> >> >>> I didn't get prompted for root access. Perhaps that is the problem? >> >> >> I would suspect it indicates that Network Manager does not think your >> network settings changed. >> >> >>> stat /etc/resolv.conf shows that the file has been updated but its >>> content doesn't change. >> >> >> My /etc/resolv.conf did not change after running Network Manager; it >> changed after rebooting. (Is the former a bug or a feature?) >> >> >> What happens if you create a new connection and use the Manual >> method? >> >> >> If all else fails -- backup, pull the OS disk, insert a blank disk, >> do a fresh install, and restore. Keep meticulous records. Use a >> version control system. Learn a scripting language and automate >> sysadmin chores. >> >> >> David > > I switched to the mate desktop, and the procedure works, i.e. it > prompts for a root password and updates resolv.conf, after > disconnecting and reconnecting the network. > > I expect there is some component of xfce4 which is supposed to prompt > for the root password. Perhaps it is not installed. I don't know what > it is called.
Is there a debian package for this? : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfce-polkit "A simple PolicyKit authentication agent for XFCE"
