*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 964705 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964705
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1650792
Title:
Ubuntu 16.04.1 System policy prevents modification of network settings
for all users
Status in modemmanager package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Same bug as described for Ubuntu 15.04 (see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/964705)
is still in my Ubuntu 16.04.1! My workaround is simple but strange:
After switching on my notebook, booting into Ubuntu 16.04.1, and being
at the login screen, before having logged into any user, the SIM-PIN
menu appears. I key in the SIM-PIN, hit the <Unlock> button, then I am
asked again for the SIM-PIN, this time with the error message
"PolicyKit authorization failed: challenge needed for
org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Device.Control". My workaround:
Hit the <Cancel> button
After that, I am able to log in and connect with my Aldi/Medion Huawei
E173 USB stick to the network, if I am an AdminUser. For a user
without Admin-rights it is a little bit more complicated after having
logged in: he has to unlock the SIM pin again, then he is asked for
the Admin passwort because necessary administrative rights. He has to
hit <Cancel> twice, but then he can connect to the network without any
knowledge of the Admin-paswort. Strange!
Will Ubuntu 16.04 sometime come to the point of enabling mobile
networking as simple as it was with Ubuntu 14.04?
Thank you,
siggi2
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