diff -Nur dbus-1.6.0.orig/bus/system.conf.in dbus-1.6.0/bus/system.conf.in
--- dbus-1.6.0.orig/bus/system.conf.in	2012-01-04 11:49:23.000000000 -0600
+++ dbus-1.6.0/bus/system.conf.in	2012-06-12 23:07:14.541913190 -0500
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
           send_member="UpdateActivationEnvironment"/>
   </policy>
 
+  <!-- Allow root to do anything over the messagebus.
+       Don't whine about "security" - anyone with root privileges
+       can edit this file anyway, so -ENOHOLE here. -->
+  <policy user="root">
+    <allow send_destination="*"/>
+    <allow send_interface="*"/>
+  </policy>
+
   <!-- Config files are placed here that among other things, punch 
        holes in the above policy for specific services. -->
   <includedir>system.d</includedir>