Gnome3 - Network Manager Settings - Authentication

Hi guys,
I've had a problem that started recently (not sure exactly when) with network manager.
When i try to change my network settings for a wireless connection to "available to all users" and click save,
the gnome (policykit?) authentication dialogue pops up requiring root password, but then almost instantaneously disappears again, so im unable to change/save the settings.
This could have possibly started after the upgrade to 3.2, but can't be sure about that.
I've tried deleting (moving temporarily to a backup location) the .config/dconf and .gconf/apps/nm-applet directories, but this doesn't appear to have any effect on nm-applet (wireless settings/passwords are still saved).
If i go into gnome-control-center and try editing something else which requires unlocking, then the dialogue box appears without issue, this only seems to happen for the nm-applet.
Are there any other files/directories which i should be looking at?
Cheers
Kane

Had a similar problem when trying to set up Network Manager. It turned out for me that I wasn't part of the Network group.
Try:
gpasswd -a <username> network
It has to be done as root or sudo if you're in the sudoer's list.

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