Public bug reported:
I have configured a laptop for a non tech-savvy member of my familiy,
and therefore not given his user any administrative rights.
It is impossible for him to connect to a new wireless networks, since
that requires administrative priviledges. This makes the laptop more or
less useless for him.
I believe the root cause is that it by default tries to save the network
connection and make it avaiable for all users, which requires
administrative priviledges. Since it is a non-administrator user that is
trying to connec to the network it should not try to add it for all
users.
Problem has been reproduced on several machines running Ubuntu 12.10, it can
easily be triggered:
1. ( Create a user with a standard account )
2. Log in as a normal users
3. Try to connect to a wireless network - you will now be asked for the
password of the administrator account, which the user of course doesn't have.
Note, the bug in step 3 will only trigger if another user hasn't
previously connected to that network, because then it would already be
stored in the system global network settings
:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7
Candidate: 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7
Version table:
*** 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102354
Title:
Impossible for non-administrator users to connect to new wireless
networks
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I have configured a laptop for a non tech-savvy member of my familiy,
and therefore not given his user any administrative rights.
It is impossible for him to connect to a new wireless networks, since
that requires administrative priviledges. This makes the laptop more
or less useless for him.
I believe the root cause is that it by default tries to save the
network connection and make it avaiable for all users, which requires
administrative priviledges. Since it is a non-administrator user that
is trying to connec to the network it should not try to add it for all
users.
Problem has been reproduced on several machines running Ubuntu 12.10, it can
easily be triggered:
1. ( Create a user with a standard account )
2. Log in as a normal users
3. Try to connect to a wireless network - you will now be asked for the
password of the administrator account, which the user of course doesn't have.
Note, the bug in step 3 will only trigger if another user hasn't
previously connected to that network, because then it would already be
stored in the system global network settings
:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7
Candidate: 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7
Version table:
*** 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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