> > I've previously compiled modemmanager and networkmanager from source > > on x86_64 (non-systemd) and they work fine. > > > > Using basically the same method on an RPi3 (non-systemd) - I get > > permissions problems. > > > > I've compiled both (ModemManager-1.6.12, NetworkManager-1.4.6) with > > and without polkit, but both give a permissions error on starting nm- > > dispatcher. > > > > I've tried starting nm-dispatcher and polkitd directly as root (the > > dbus and networkmanager daemons are running as root) and neither give > > errors. > > It's not polkit that's the problem here. It's D-Bus service activation that's > not able > to launch nm-dispatcher or wpa_supplicant or polkit. > Perhaps that's because of something like selinux or apparmor preventing the > main dbus-daemon process from running them, or perhaps permissions aren't > set on them correctly, or perhaps the paths in the service activation files in > /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ aren't correct. > > Activation is a feature of dbus that actually runs the given program the first > time a request is made to that program's D-Bus interface. On systemd systems, > that's handled by systemd. On non-systemd systems, D- Bus has a helper that > the main dbus-daemon execs which then runs the given service binary. > Aaargh
The permissions on dbus-daemon-launch-helper were incorrect. Things work fine now - sorry for the noise. John _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
