Bug#891599: gdm3: Greeter doesn't allow control of network-manager connections even when member of netdev group

2018-03-24 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Simon McVittie wrote: it would be unexpected for someone finding a machine with a locked GNOME session, logged in as a user with netdev privileges, to be able to reconfigure the network without first unlocking the session! I could make the same argument that it is unexpect

Bug#891599: gdm3: Greeter doesn't allow control of network-manager connections even when member of netdev group

2018-03-23 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 21:12:16 -0400, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote: > This actually looks like it might be a bug in gnome-shell, and still present > in 3.28. This silly-looking(?) bit of logic is present there in > js/ui/status/network.js: > > _sessionUpdated() { > let sensitive = !Main

Bug#891599: gdm3: Greeter doesn't allow control of network-manager connections even when member of netdev group

2018-03-22 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
Package: gdm3 Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u1 Followup-For: Bug #891599 This actually looks like it might be a bug in gnome-shell, and still present in 3.28. This silly-looking(?) bit of logic is present there in js/ui/status/network.js: _sessionUpdated() { let sensitive = !Main.sessionMode

Bug#891599: gdm3: Greeter doesn't allow control of network-manager connections even when member of netdev group

2018-02-26 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
Package: gdm3 Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u1 Severity: normal Based on the policy-kit settings, I would expect that adding the Debian-gdm user to the netdev group (and restarting gdm3 or rebooting) to allow me to control network connections from the greeter (AKA login screen). For example, if a VPN nee