From 555dfd35e627fb303f426f1efab56e740aa7db8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:31:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] core: allow uid 0 to activate user connections

Previously, uid 0 was not permitted to activate user connections,
but in some cases this is desired.
---
 src/nm-manager.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index e0d8f71e68..9fbfff1f31 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -2091,6 +2091,14 @@ is_user_request_authorized (NMManager *manager,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Let root activate anything.
+	 * FIXME: use a PolicyKit permission instead
+	 */
+	if (0 == sender_uid) {
+		success = TRUE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	service_name = dbus_g_proxy_get_bus_name (priv->user_proxy);
 	if (!service_name) {
 		g_set_error (error, NM_MANAGER_ERROR,