Changeset 8df33ae3 for networking

Timestamp:

11/13/2016 04:08:20 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

851ed2f

Parents:

35e0af7f

Message:

Add polkit configuration for Network Manager.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@17951 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
     <para>
       <application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
-      tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired,
-      3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network
-      to another: Once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be
-      detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's available.
+      tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi,
+      wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from
+      one network to another: Once a network has been configured and joined
+      once, it can be detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's
+      available.
     </para>
 
@@ -249 +250 @@
       <para>
         For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
-        minimal configuration file must be present. Such file is not
-        installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue following
-        command as the
-        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create
-        minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
+        a minimal configuration file must be present. Such file is not
+        installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue the following
+        command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to
+        create minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
       </para>
 
@@ -268 +268 @@
       </para>
 
+      <para>
+        To allow regular users permission to configure network connections,
+        you should add them to the
+        <systemitem class="groupname">netdev</systemitem>
+        group, and create a <application>polkit</application> rule that grants
+        access. Run the following commands as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable>&lt;username&gt;</replaceable>
+
+cat &gt; /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
+    if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 &amp;&amp; subject.isInGroup("netdev")) {
+        return polkit.Result.YES;
+    }
+});</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
     </sect3>
 
@@ -287 +306 @@
       </para>
 
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          If using <application>Network Manager</application> to manage
+          an interface, any previous configuration for that interface should be
+          removed, and the interface brought down prior to starting
+          <application>Network Manager</application>.
+        </para>
+      </note>
+         
       <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
         <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>