Nm-applet ask for root passwd when connecting to a new wireless networ

Hi,
I just installed Archlinux and I have some trouble with network-manager-applet: it asks for the root passwd when I try to connect first time to a wireless network. After giving the root passwd and the required wireless authentication, nm connects with no problem, and saves the connection as a system one, so there is no problem at connecting second time.
I have read the wiki, and I know that it should be some consolekit or policykit problem. I use gdm3 as displaymanager, so it should take care of consolekit, and I have the Policykit Authentication Agent ( gnome-polkit ) in my startup applications ( by the way, I use Xfce, 32bit ), so there should not be need for explicit grant permissions for the users.
At least in my openSUSE box there is no polkit configuration file which contains
[nm-applet]
Identity=unix-group:network
Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.*
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes
, but the nm-applet is usable without root access.

inp3dance wrote:At least in my openSUSE box there is no polkit configuration file ...
I think that if you search /var/lib/polkit-1 and /etc/polkit-1/ for
Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
on your openSUSE.
You will find a rule that permits you to connect.

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