My problem is a bit different: everything works fine, but the dialog appears when we ACTIVATE a VPN connection, even if we don't want to modify it.
1) I've prepared a VPN connection for my non-admin users and put it in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/vpn.nmconnection. 2) When they click to activate it, they get the "System policy prevents..." dialog. 3a) If I do enter the root password there, the vpn.nmconnection file isn't modified. Why did it ask for permission then? 3b) If the users cancel the dialog (twice), they're able to properly connect to the VPN. Why did it show up then? That's on fully updated Ubuntu 20.04.4. -- 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/964705 Title: System policy prevents modification of network settings for all users Status in NetworkManager: Invalid Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager package in Debian: Fix Released Status in network-manager package in openSUSE: Fix Released Bug description: This seems like a regression? The screen shot is at http://thesii.org/Screenshot.jpg The nearest link I can find is from the forum area at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11467777 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.3.995+git201203152001.04b2a74-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Sun Mar 25 19:36:45 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120323) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/964705/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
