Comment 2 for bug 1223237

Hi,

Did you do this while physically connected to a console, or via SSH?

Are special configurations done by your system administrator (assuming this is in a corporate environment) to limit access to specific administrative tasks on your computer?

The two possibilities that come to mind would be if this is attempted via a SSH connection, in which case this is "expected" behavior (SSH connections are not local, and thus not considered the same way when checking for permissions) or a custom configuration for policykit that restricts the "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi" permission.

Regards,

/ Matt