Hallo Mathieu, thanks for your answer. Is there really no way back to designe the nm-manager, that users can create new WLAN-connections only for themselves (not system-wide) by default? I think, this would be much easier for many Ubuntu-users, who are not IT-insiders.
And a question: 1. Which file should be changed / what should be the name of the new file in /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/? Best regards, J. R. B. Am 12.09.2012 04:22, schrieb Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: > This is because the "Available to all users" checkbox needs to be > unticked when the connection is created. Once it's already there; you > will need administrative access to change it since opening up the dialog > could allow you to see the WLAN password. > > As an alternative; edit the connection as the user that created it (the > administrator user), or ask an administrator to toggle the setting. > > If you mean creating a new wireless network from the menu items when you > click nm-applet; then this policy has always been in place: to create > system-wide (available to all users) connections, you need administrator > rights. > > What changed is that connections are available to all users by default, > because we create them in a different manner which is much easier to > maintain and above all, allows the connections to be saved (backed up) > and restored. This is not going to change. > > If you need to have access to create such connections, you may wish to either > give yourself administrator access if this is your machine and a conscious > decision, or ask the administrator to adjust the policykit policies on the > affected system. The policy to change would be: > "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system" > (which means Modify network connections for all users) > > It can be changed by adding a file to > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/ with contents such as: > > [Changing system-wide NetworkManager connections] > Identity=unix-user:myusername > Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system > ResultActive=yes > > See also > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla. > > Thanks! > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045972 Title: Administrator password for WLAN-connections? Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In Ubuntu 10.04 a normal user could connect to new WLANs. In 12.04 (with Unity) a question for admin password comes up with this action. I think, connecting to new WLANs should stay a right of normal users. I cannot be with them everytime, or I cannot give them the admin password. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1045972/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
