[Knetwork manager] non root user can't access network selection system tray

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Greetings !!

I set up an account (users group) for a friend that need my 15.1 laptop.

Everything works good but there is no way to select a wifi network, nore ethernet connexion because the system tray’s network item is not present in the pannel.

I checked network to be shown all the time but there is no way to select the network.

I fix the wifi connexion, but the ethernet connexion can not be selected even if the cable is plugged and the carrier detected at the router.

How can I do to have similar behaviour when connected to the system as a non-root user ? (I always connected to my systems in root so I have no particular experience with such issue)

2

Is your network managed by “wicked” or by “NetworkManager”?

From your description, it seems to be managed by “wicked”. You need to switch that to “NetworkManager” to get a tray icon. You can use Yast to make that change.

3

Network manager is selected in yast → network settings → … I have a popup saying networkmanager manages the network.

4

it works ok with the root user.

5

That is impossible, because network manager works inside a desktop, thus a GUI, and root should never use the GUI.

6

I always use root as main user in gui (kde)… it p***s me off to sudo each time… on server configured computers I don’t need no gui I use wicked and I log always in root.

7

it works on a different laptop configured the same way. the both root user and the non-root user can select the available networks (both wireless and wired).
still network-manager managed and with a root user and a non-root user, still on 15.1.

8

there is a clue: the user that hasn’t the item in the system-tray is not member of the “root” group…
I will dig further…

I forgot to precise that on the root account when accessing the systray item I checked if the “all users may connect to this network” checkbox.
For all the connections: wireless and wired.

9

Then I can’t help you.

10

My bad… the widget was simply wiped out from the panel :{