On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 06:27:28PM +0100, Thomas Haller wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 18:42 +0000, Bob Ham wrote:
>
> > I'm logged in over the network to a Debian machine, trying to run
> > nmtui
> > as my user to connect to a wireless network. Unfortunately, I get
> > errors regarding privileges.
> >
> > Firstly nmtui told me "Could not activate connection: Not authorized
> > to
> > control networking." I added my user to the netdev group (and logged
> > out/logged in) but it didn't make a difference.
>
> Just to confirm, it does work if you try it as root, right?
It does indeed work as root, yes.
> > Running `nmcli general permission' as my user gives:
> >
> > PERMISSION VAL
> > UE
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-network yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wwan yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wimax yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system no
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.global-dns yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.reload yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.checkpoint-rollback yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-statistics yes
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-connectivity-check yes
> >
>
> if you enable level=TRACE logging, NM should log something like
>
> <trace> [1578676939.6824] auth: call[19370]:
> CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control),
> subject=unix-process[pid=1353025, uid=1000, start=16774342]
> <trace> [1578676939.6994] auth: call[19370]: completed: authorized=1,
> challenge=0
>
> does it? What does it say?
It does:
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0165] auth:
call[38]: CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1298] auth:
call[38]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
and it also says:
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0181] auth:
call[41]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1483] auth:
call[41]: completed: authorized=0, challenge=0
which are taken from the following:
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0135] auth:
call[33]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-network),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0141] auth:
call[34]: CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0148] auth:
call[35]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0153] auth:
call[36]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wwan),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0159] auth:
call[37]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wimax),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0165] auth:
call[38]: CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0170] auth:
call[39]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0175] auth:
call[40]: CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0181] auth:
call[41]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0186] auth:
call[42]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0204] auth:
call[43]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0214] auth:
call[44]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.global-dns),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0223] auth:
call[45]: CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.reload),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0234] auth:
call[46]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.checkpoint-rollback),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0244] auth:
call[47]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-statistics),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.0253] auth:
call[48]:
CheckAuthorization(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-connectivity-check),
subject=unix-process[pid=1229, uid=1000, start=18014]
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1021] auth:
call[33]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1078] auth:
call[34]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1133] auth:
call[35]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1188] auth:
call[36]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1243] auth:
call[37]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1298] auth:
call[38]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1353] auth:
call[39]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1408] auth:
call[40]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1483] auth:
call[41]: completed: authorized=0, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1540] auth:
call[42]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1596] auth:
call[43]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1650] auth:
call[44]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1705] auth:
call[45]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1760] auth:
call[46]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1815] auth:
call[47]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
Jan 10 18:17:21 chive NetworkManager[304]: <trace> [1578680241.1871] auth:
call[48]: completed: authorized=1, challenge=0
> > Can anyone tell me what I have to do to authorise nmtui to make wifi
> > connections?
>
> I don't know, it sounds right.
>
> What version of NM is this?
network-manager 1.14.6-2+deb10u1
Thanks,
Bob
--
Bob Ham <r...@settrans.net>
for (;;) { ++pancakes; }
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