innapropriate polkit request for system network configuration modification

steamclosed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7951 · opened 2021-07-30 by draeath · updated 2021-07-30 · 1 comments · github

Ddraeath 2021-07-30 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 2021-07-20 22:25:57
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]: No
Have you checked for system updates?: N/A

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When starting steam, it requests access to NetworkManager system level configuration, for no discernible reason (via org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system.

If there is some corner-case reason for requesting this, we should have a setting to control this behavior.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Run steam on Linux with protected network configuration (ie, wifi passphrase visible to root only).
Receive polkit prompt for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system.
Cancel this prompt, receive a new one immediately.
Loop endlessly until some sort of timeout is reached and Steam gives up.
Observe that steam works fine despite having been refused this access.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-07-30 github

Hello @draeath, this issue is already being tracked at #7856. Feel free to add your experience to that issue report.

Closing as a duplicate.

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