Bug 11527

Summary:	net_applet asks for root password when it should not(?)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	nikos papadopoulos <nikos769>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, thierry.vignaud
Version:	3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	net_applet --testing

Description nikos papadopoulos 2013-10-24 08:18:34 CEST

Description of problem:
net_applet asks for root password when it, probably,should not.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
On IceWM desktop.

How reproducible:
every time


Steps to Reproduce:

Configure your wifi connection to "be controlled by the users".

A.
do right mouse click on the net_applet icon -->
go to --> Wireless networks --> click on the network you want to connect to

A pop up will ask you for the root password.

B.
Do a left mouse click on the net_applet icon.
The Network Center will pop up.
Click on the network you wish to connect to.
Click on the "connect" button.
You will be connected to the network.
No root password is needed.


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 nikos papadopoulos 2013-10-24 08:24:46 CEST

Created attachment 4450 [details]
net_applet --testing

some terminal output, most likely, of no use

Thierry Vignaud 2013-10-27 14:22:44 CET

CC: (none) => mageia, thierry.vignaud

Comment 2 Colin Guthrie 2014-01-21 11:11:27 CET

This should be resolved now I think.

draknetcenter no longer requires a password by default and the interfaces *should* work without asking for the password if they are user controlled.

This commit comes after this bug report:
http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx-net/commit/?id=a6547a103a7f94f251bfdb01563052bba455f898

So it's certainly the intention.

Can you test again and reopen if this is still a problem? I'll close for now tho' as I think it is all resolved.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

nikos papadopoulos 2014-05-14 10:41:21 CEST

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)

Comment 3 nikos papadopoulos 2014-05-14 10:53:56 CEST

It turns out that it is not fixed in Mageia 3 or Mageia 4.

Some more comments...

The thing is, that if you follow the "right mouse procedure" that I describe above,
it will try to execute draknetcenter as root.

If you try the "left mouse" procedure, it will start draknetcenter as the current user.

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2015-03-31 16:04:03 CEST

Mageia 3 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status 4 months ago.
http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/11/26/lets-say-goodbye-to-mageia-3/ 

Mageia 3 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia
and reopen this bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

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The Mageia Bugsquad

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD