Clarifying based on IRC conversation. modify.own: yes is the default so
it's not necessary to change this if you haven't overridden the setting.
That's what I was after emphasising in the description as I found it
misleading.
Ack to do this if you add DEP-3 headers and watch out for bug reports.
Actually, it'd be good to get this into the manual milestone tests too.
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116317
Title:
[ffe] allow option to create user connections by default
Status in NetworkManager:
Incomplete
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Precise:
Triaged
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Quantal:
Triaged
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Raring:
Invalid
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Saucy:
Triaged
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Trusty:
Triaged
Bug description:
NetworkManager needs a setting that makes it create new connections as
user connections by default.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system can be used to
allow access, however, you don't always want to have users edit system
connections.
[Impact]
Before 12.04, new connections in NetworkManager were user-connections.
Organisations could use this to lock down certain connections to system
connections.
Today, non-admin users are shown a "Please enter root password" prompt
when trying to connect to an unknown (wireless) network. Which is
undesirable as these users may not know the root password.
A workaround is to grant the users
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system' access,
however this may be desirable as corporate networks may be defined in
system-connections that adminstators may not want users to change.
[Test Case]
* Today: Connect to a new wireless network as a non-admin user, see
that a password dialog is displayed.
* With patch, set a PolicyKit rule of:
"""
[Adding or changing system-wide NetworkManager connections]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system
ResultActive=no
[Adding or changing user-owned NetworkManager connections]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own
ResultActive=yes
"""
...connect to a new wireless network as a non-admin user and see in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections that a user-connection instead
of system one has been defined, no root password should be requested
either.
[Regression Potential]
None, as we do not touch the default configuration for 12.04 LTS.
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