From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Network Manager Service Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 23:02:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87y3zmyvib.fsf@gnu.org> References: <3bc5b721a8b3a69692e3bf52b13bc5f0@openmailbox.org> <87lgwd1at2.fsf@gnu.org> <874m31xijr.fsf@gmail.com> <87y40dvt1d.fsf@gnu.org> <4fafee90348a41b9cebf93bdefc8fd76@openmailbox.org> <87mvgq7ebm.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2bth1ai.fsf@gmail.com> <9204e13e6994e5997c2f1ec701cbdc5c@openmailbox.org> <87k2bjetus.fsf@gmail.com> <914f537b7289ae04dceeca49d36b288c@openmailbox.org> <87vauujxf7.fsf@gnu.org> <874m2dvbfw.fsf@gmail.com> <87y3znxqew.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44480) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGCCi-0006nx-QM for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:02:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGCCe-0008Fs-UI for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:02:44 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87y3znxqew.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:25:43 -0800") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Chris Marusich Cc: rennes@openmailbox.org, help-guix@gnu.org Hi Chris! Chris Marusich skribis: > OK, so Network Manager can be used, but I wouldn't say it's flawless. I > still prefer wicd, so I don't think we should replace wicd with Network > Manager just yet. OK. :-) > Specifically, I expect that it will automatically connect to my > wireless network when I've checked the "Connect automatically" box and > left the "Make available to other users" box unchecked. However, > Network Manager fails to auto-connect in that case. This issue is > present in other distros [1], but supposedly auto-connect works as > expected on Debian [2]. I haven't tried it on Debian, so I can't > confirm yet. The Ubuntu bug report is quite old though, and since =E2=80=9Ceverybody uses NM=E2=80=9D, I=E2=80=99d be surprised if such a basic feature was broken. Do we get any useful messages from NM that would provide hints? > Yes, it's true that on GuixSD, if you check the "Make available to other > users" box, auto-connect works. However, this workaround requires root > to have a password [3], and it's just that: a workaround. Indeed! > [3] The reason it requires the root password is apparently because of > our PolKit rules. We should probably adjust the PolKit rules for this > action so that the "wheel" group members can do it, not just the root > user. That way, I could authenticate using my own password (since I am > in the "wheel" group for sudo access already), and I wouldn't have to > give root a password. I=E2=80=99m not sure what it takes to do that but it makes sense! For wicd, wicd clients only work if the user is in group =E2=80=98netdev=E2= =80=99. We could add that one too. Thank you! Ludo=E2=80=99.