Public bug reported:

Hello!

Command
nmcli nm wifi off
does no disable Wi-Fi for me. But with sudo it does. Thinkpad X61s.

Command nmcli should not need root privileges. The applet in menu bar
also does not.

Thanks
HG

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.22-lowlatency 3.8.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
Date: Tue Sep 10 10:21:28 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IpRoute:
 default via 10.76.66.254 dev eth0  proto static 
 10.76.66.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.76.66.49  metric 1 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=false
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-11 (29 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                           
       
 wlan0      802-11-wireless   unavailable   
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
 eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI  
     WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
 running         0.9.8.0    connected       enabled       enabled         
disabled   enabled         disabled

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring third-party-packages

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