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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/wpa-supplicant-dbus-group-policy.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/wpa-supplicant-dbus-group-policy.patch
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+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/wpa-supplicant-dbus-group-policy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Borrowed from debian, allows users in netdev group to control wpa-supplicant
+via D-Bus.
+
+Description: Debian does not use pam_console but uses group membership
+ to control access to D-Bus. Activating both options in the conf file
+ makes it work on Debian and Ubuntu.
+Author: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=15;bug=412179
+---
+--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf
++++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf
+@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
+ <allow send_interface="fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1"/>
+ <allow receive_sender="fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1" receive_type="signal"/>
+ </policy>
++ <policy group="netdev">
++ <allow send_destination="fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1"/>
++ <allow send_interface="fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1"/>
++ <allow receive_sender="fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1" receive_type="signal"/>
++ </policy>
+ <policy context="default">
+ <deny own="fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant"/>
+ <deny send_destination="fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant"/>