Without the polkit rules, you'll still be able to connect to the wifi but the connection won't persist after logging-in: it will only be usable from the login screen, which is quite useless.
Similarly the gnome-initial-setup user is allowed to make system-wide changes because it wouldn't make sense to register a network that's only available for the gnome-initial-setup mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2098016 Title: Ubuntu 24.04 WiFi from gdm3 login screen: cannot select new network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/2098016/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
