F12: NetworkManager-Firefox: Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web

Terry Barnaby terry1 at beam.ltd.uk
Thu Dec 10 20:15:34 UTC 2009


On 12/03/2009 09:51 AM, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> On 12/03/2009 08:49 AM, Terry Barnaby wrote:
>>>> The "MODE" was set up by system-config-network, it is from
>>>> its list of possible options for Mode and I think was the
>>>> default.
>>>> If I run ifup the error you mention is not reported and the
>>>> interface comes up fine.
>>>> However, I do get the error:
>>>> domainname: you must be root to change the domain name
>>>>
>>>> Which I assume is due to another F12 bug. Could this cause NM
>>>> to abort the connection ?
>>> I note that "domainname" is called from /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d/nis.sh.
>>> At point of invocation $UID and $EUID are 0 ....
>>
>> I added a "sh" into /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d/nis.sh to have a look.
>> Here getuid() and geteuid() return 0. whoami returns "root".
>> But when I run "domainname kingnet" I get the error:
>> "domainname: you must be root to change the domain name"
>> Also "su" states "su: incorrect password" without even
>> prompting for one. What is happening here ?
>> The environment variables are set by dhcp and do not have
>> the usual user environment variables ....
>> Note that on this system, selinux is disabled.
>>
> Looking at this I guess the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability has been
> lost somewhere. Maybe the dhclient ?
>
This all seems fixed in NetworkManager-0.7.997-1.fc12
Thanks to all who fixed this.

Cheers


Terry




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