I have discovered the cause - or trigger (proximate cause) - for at least most of the instances of this error on my system. It's this command, which I was running regularly via an automated script, and not as root.
nmcli radio wifi Evidently, polkit - the new version thereof - doesn't like this. This does seem like a bug on Polkit's part. For, why should a normal user not check whether wifi is on? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782263 Title: NetworkManager authentication problems caused by polkit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/1782263/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
