** Description changed:
- 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.
+ When you install Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 or 16.04, the first account is the admin
account. The admin account can connect to new wifi connections just fine
without needing the admin password, but:
+ 1. Create a standard (non-admin) user, then log-in with non-admin account and
try to connect to new Wi-Fi connection with non-admin account and a dialog pops
up asking for the admin password :(
+ 2. Non-admin accounts can not connect to new wifi connections without the
admin account :(
- 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 present a security flaw as the only solution is to add all users to
+ netdev group or make all accounts admin (or having everyone know the
+ admin password).
- This bug is present in 13.10 AND 14.04
+ Wired ethernet connections work just fine for non-admin users, however
+ it is annoying to find some public places that has wired ports and some
+ have none at all :(
- Tested on 14.04 as of Febuary 28, 2014
+ Tested on 14.04.4 and 16.04.3 with latest updates
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.
-
- lono 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=
- 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
TIMESTAMPTIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY
DBUS-PATH
- Wired connection 12e05c40f-3e1f-4b48-a4f3-2efbe1450403
802-3-ethernet1393692735 Sat 01 Mar 2014 09:52:15 AM MSTyes
no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
- nmcli-dev:
- DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
- eth0 802-3-ethernetconnected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
- nmcli-nm:
- RUNNING VERSIONSTATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
- running 0.9.8.0connected enabled enabled
enabledenabled disabled
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
+ Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.18.2-1ubuntu6
** Tags removed: amd64 apport-bug saucy
** Tags added: trusty xenial
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