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WiFi stops working if managed with NetworkManager after migration to unprivileged guix daemon

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Rodion Goritskov <rodion <at> goritskov.com>
Cc: 78047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78047: WiFi stops working if managed with NetworkManager after migration to unprivileged guix daemon
Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 15:02:35 +0200

Hi,

Rodion Goritskov <rodion <at> goritskov.com> writes:

> In logs I can see the following errors:
>
>> 2025-04-24 10:34:15 localhost NetworkManager[852]: <warn>
>> [1745483655.8534] plugin: skip invalid file
>> /gnu/store/agadky1p0ba367avf524sh5wmcdxcxb1-network-manager-1.52.0/lib/NetworkManager/1.52.0/libnm-device-plugin-ovs.so:
>> file has invalid owner (should be root)
>> 2025-04-24 10:34:15 localhost NetworkManager[852]: <warn>
>> [1745483655.8535] plugin: skip invalid file
>> /gnu/store/agadky1p0ba367avf524sh5wmcdxcxb1-network-manager-1.52.0/lib/NetworkManager/1.52.0/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so:
>> file has invalid owner (should be root)
>> 2025-04-24 10:34:15 localhost NetworkManager[852]: <warn>
>> [1745483655.8536] plugin: skip invalid file
>> /gnu/store/agadky1p0ba367avf524sh5wmcdxcxb1-network-manager-1.52.0/lib/NetworkManager/1.52.0/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so:
>> file has invalid owner (should be root)
>> 2025-04-24 10:34:15 localhost NetworkManager[852]: <warn>
>> [1745483655.8536] plugin: skip invalid file
>> /gnu/store/agadky1p0ba367avf524sh5wmcdxcxb1-network-manager-1.52.0/lib/NetworkManager/1.52.0/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so:
>> file has invalid owner (should be root)
>> 2025-04-24 10:34:15 localhost NetworkManager[852]: <warn>
>> [1745483655.8537] plugin: skip invalid file
>> /gnu/store/agadky1p0ba367avf524sh5wmcdxcxb1-network-manager-1.52.0/lib/NetworkManager/1.52.0/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so:
>> file has invalid owner (should be root)
>
> Looks like NetworkManager doesn't like a non-root owner of plugins.

I think we’ll have to add an activation snippet in the ‘network-manager’
service that copies those files elsewhere with appropriate ownership.

Or we could patch NetworkManager.  (Maybe wiser.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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