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
Still happening in Ubuntu 20.04 focal , We need to find some workaround
for this , any other mobile or desktop OS can do this !
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I just installed kubuntu 18 after a long absence. I found that to make any
change to the network settings I had to key in my (16 digit) password multiple
times. About 5 times in fact.
Its a laptop. The user has to be able to do things like this.
If I have to modify system files (and reapply
It seems Debian fix is simply to allow users from netdev (and sudo)
group add/change system-wide NetworkManager connections, this fix is
added in network-manager 0.9.4.0-7 and is merged in Ubuntu,
look at
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pkla
[Adding or
Also an issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I reported it as a bug in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/1650792
before I detected this thread.
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Still an issue in Kubuntu 16.04, so apparently it did NOT get merged
into Ubuntu.
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Title:
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Mathieu, it doesn't seem that the upstream fix in Debian ever got merged
into Ubuntu. Is there a reason for this?
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I can confirm this bug in 15.04. We use Ubuntu in standalone terminal
which is in sleep at night. When we open it in the morning, it wants to
reconnect to wifi network and administator password is required.
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I am still seeing this bug in 14.04 with gnome-core (minimal gnome). I
also get the prompt for admin (sudo) password when the connection/signal
is weak, since it might disconnect/reconnect quickly. Instead, that
automatic reconnection doesn't happen since I might miss the password
prompt and the
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Title:
System policy prevents modification of network
I think this is still happening with Lubuntu 13.10
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-
users/2014-February/006760.html
If this is a different bug, please advise so that I report new one :)
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Everyone here seems to be over-complicating the issue, so let me put it
in simple terms.
My wife took her laptop away for the week. I get a call from her telling
me she can't connect to any Wifi. I didn't want to give her my admin
password, so she had to spend the whole week without a computer
To futher comment #32, I think the point here is to distinguish between systems
where
1. unpriveledged users should NOT be able to connect to or change which network
a computer is connected to --like servers, and
2. systems where an unpriviledged user SHOULD be able to change which network a
The solution (whatever it ends up to be) should not enable unprivileged
users to modify system connections. This might be obvious, but since a
couple of users have happility reported success with sudoers- and/or
default NM policy hacks, I thought it's worth mentioning.
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As this and related bugs show:
Non-Admin users can't even connect to wireless networks, not already created.
This is neither an opinion nor a wish. Non-Admin users should at least be
able to connect to wireless networks.
The cause of all effects here: Unchecking the available to all users box.
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Related bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1077982
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It seems the new related bug has been marked a duplicate of this one.
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-
applet/+bug/1077982).
The thing is this bug is so often misunderstood I was happy to see the
new bug report which was a lot more concrete. Can we at least get this
one
I'd like to pop up this issu again, especially because the bugfix is
already clear (see post #19). It would be nice to change it and ship it
out.
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I created a patch, maybe this helps?
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/964705/+attachment/3480890/+files/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy.patch
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Benji, I believe your patch is merely a work-around and doesn't follow
the intended behavior as outlined earlier in this thread. Your patch
seems to allow non-admin users to update the global settings, which I
don't think is the correct solution.
I believe a proper solution would be that for an
I have this bug aswell, how can a non admin priviliged user set up a
connection for only themselves?
When I use an unprivledged account and click on a wireless network I'm
asked for an administrative password, clicking cancel gives the error
message about insufficient privliges, there is _no_
The issue isn't that a regular user can't create system connections, the
issue is that a regular user can't create ANY connections.
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Yes, the issue should be solved by setting create system connection
default off for people not being able to create system connections. I
see Debian is patched to prompt for auth for doing that, so maybe that
should be added too, and not disable the box completely because of that.
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Title:
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The current behaviour is to modify system connections by default. You
either need to be in the admin group, or you need to uncheck the box and
create personal network connections. The current behaviour is as
intended.
I am marking this bug as Opinion since there is a disagreement on
whether or
We have more than 300 notebooks with 12.04 LTS up-to-date. Users aren't
sudoers and we made the following change...
At:
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy
Under the key
action id=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system
we changed the line:
Which are the devices not supported? Are there bug reports for these?
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System policy prevents modification of
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Status: Unknown = Confirmed
** Changed in: network-manager
Importance: Unknown = Medium
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Status: Unknown = Fix Released
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Importance: Unknown = Critical
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Title:
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I tried this with a guest account now, and as expected I can't add
system wide connections since I am not admin. The issues I saw were:
1) available to all users option was as default on. It should be off
as default for users that does not have right to add global connections.
2) If I try to
Else, I suggest opening two new bug reports for each of my two issues
above.
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Title:
System policy prevents modification
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #642136
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642136
** Also affects: network-manager (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642136
The link posted by piviul contains a fix, though it requires every user
to be in the adm group. My preferred fix is actually slightly different
and just requires the person to be logged in. The following policy is
applied on all mobile computers that I manage:
This also affects me on lubuntu and I think it is a serious usability
problem. Having to enter admin password is a confusing and unnecessary
step for a average user and will make them annoyed. What is more is at
least on lubuntu there seem to be no way to change so the default is to
make a
Appreciate the comments, but they are not taking into account the
scenario that affected my problem, as mine was different. In my case,
it had nothing to do with 'admin' group itself, but rather how I had
configured Domain groups and had omitted to explicitly add my Active
Directory userID.
In
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) wrote on 2012-04-24: #4
Carl:
There's no bug there: we're on purpose defaulting to system-wide connections
since Oneiric. This means one will need administrator rights to be able to
create system-wide connection profiles, which explains the popup.
On
The same happens to me in ubuntu 12.04. There is no way to have a
workaround?
Piviul
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I found a workoround:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1873477.html
Piviul
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Title:
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I do not see a way around this for normal users. Clicking Cancel on
the authenticate dialog puts the user back at square one.
The expected behavior is that you pick a network from the NM menu, it
prompts for a key (if required), you enter the key and connect.
Currently non-admins can't connect
This bug affects me because of the following scenario: At a school we
have several laptops where we don't want to give out the root password
nor the wireless key for our network. We do however want the pupils to
be able to connect to other wireless networks when they take their
computers home. If
@Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=319971734722540set=o.284774574912703type=1ref=nf
I don't remember I had this issue before. Before, with 11.10, I used to
Click connect on the Popup that asks for my Wifi Security Password NOT
my admin password. Now, I
Un-check Available to all users has made it easier somehow because
now, ONLY ONE Popup ( Wireless Network Authentication Required -
Authentication required by wireless network) will show up upon any
interruption or disconnection in the Wifi Signal and you just need to
click Connect, no need to
This issue has just tripped up one of our users too. Clicking 'cancel'
to the 'system policy prevents modification of network serrings for all
users' message appears to allow configurastion for an individual user,
however, this is not at all obvious and I think most users will not
realise that
Carl:
There's no bug there: we're on purpose defaulting to system-wide connections
since Oneiric. This means one will need administrator rights to be able to
create system-wide connection profiles, which explains the popup. If you don't
want to create a system-wide connection, you should still
@ Mathieu, I'm about 3,000 miles from my lubuntu system on a course. But
to answer your question, the 1st user created on installation is an
admin user. This is simply because root is disabled by default. If the
1st account is not an admin, then there is a serious problem!
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I encountered this same message when I tried to add (1) an ATT USB WLAN
adapter, and then again (2) when I tried to add a PPTP-VPN profile.
Here's what I figured out though:
1. I use centrifydc to connect this system to Active Directory.
2. I am working from my office at work, and my domain
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Status in “network-manager” package in
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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