[Mageia-dev] System policy prevents modification of network settings for all users

Wed Nov 14 21:37:16 CET 2012

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+On 14/11/12 17:42, Bo Lan wrote:
+> On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 17:14 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
+>> I've been seeing this message every few minutes for the past
+>> week or so (Cauldron on my netbook, BCM4313).  It request a
+>> password, but no indication of what password.  I've tried the
+>> network password, the root password and the user password.  All I
+>> ever get is a minute's delay, then the same message and password
+>> request. What went wrong and how do I put it right?
+>> 
+>> I have a vague recollection of seeing a message that the
+>> Broadcom wifi driver is already in the kernel - is this
+>> connected?
+>> 
+>> Anne
+> 
+> If you said "system policy", it should be your root password. But 
+> you said that root doesn't work.
+> 
+It doesn't.
+
+> So I guess, do you mean the "Keyring"? If it requests a keyring, 
+> that means that you used to set a keyring to remember many
+> passwords in your system. If you forget it, you can try to totally
+> delete your account, and create a new account.
+> 
+I do use kwallet, but that password doesn't work either
+
+Very puzzling.  While it's not essential to have wifi connectivity
+here at home, the point of the netbook is to be able to take it away
+on holiday.  Thankfully, this problem didn't start until after I
+returned :-)
+
+Anne
+
+Anne
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