** Summary changed:
- Non-admin users need admin access to connect to new wifi. A problem on
mobile devices with standard non admin accounts. Present on 13.10 to 14.04
+ Standard (non-admin) users can't connect to new wireless networks on GNOME
Shell
** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Standard (non-admin) users can't connect to new wireless networks on
GNOME Shell
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
When you install Ubuntu 13.10 or 14.04, the first account is the admin
account. The admin account can connect to new wifi connections just
fine without needing the admin password. When the admin account
creates a standard non-admin, that non-admin account when it tries to
connect to new wifi connections, pops up a dialog box asking for the
admin password. Non-admin accounts can not connect to new wifi
connections without the admin account. Does this present a security
flaw as the only solution is to make all accounts admin or having
everyone know the admin password. My sister is the admin account for
the laptop and she can connect just fine. I however is only just a
non-admin account and everywhere I go I am asked for the admin account
everytime I want to connect to wifi at Starbucks or any other place.
I should note that wired ethernet connections work just fine, however
it is annoying to find some business that has wired ports and some
have none at all :(
This bug is present in 13.10 AND 14.04
Tested on 14.04 as of Febuary 28, 2014
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.8.0-1ubuntu5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 1 09:52:27 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-25 (127 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
(20131016.1)
IpRoute:
default via 69.145.136.1 dev eth0 proto static
69.145.136.0/22 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 69.145.137.13
metric 1
IwConfig:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE
TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY
DBUS-PATH
Wired connection 1 2e05c40f-3e1f-4b48-a4f3-2efbe1450403
802-3-ethernet 1393692735 Sat 01 Mar 2014 09:52:15 AM MST yes
no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled disabled
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