Tony Travis wrote: > Keith Bowerman wrote: >> I have two large hard drives on this computer with Ubuntu 7.10 on the >> first and Kubuntu 7.10 on the second. >> >> I am the administrator on both and there is a second user, my partner, >> on each. When I boot up the machine and log-in in my name, Internet >> access is normal. However, if my partner switches on the machine and >> logs-in in her name, the wireless network does not start and asks for >> the password. Firstly my partner does not know the password and I can't >> see the point of her having to go through such a procedure anyway. >> Secondly, if we switch user to myself, the problem persists and short of >> resetting the network configuration the only way I can fix it is by >> rebooting and logging into my account. >> >> This happens on both operating systems and it effectively means that my >> partner can only use the computer with Internet access when I am at >> home. >> >> Has anyone any idea how to solve this problem for us? > > Hello, Keith. > > Try making your partner's user an administrator by clicking on: > > System / Administration / Users and Groups > > Select her username from the list of users, then click 'Properties' on > the right panel and select 'User privileges'. Tick 'Executing system > administration tasks'. Configuring WiFi is a system administration task. > > Tony.
But once it's configured on the system, shouldn't it be available to other users, whether they're admins or not? (Otherwise, it feels a bit like everyone having to bring their own router when they want to use the computer, doesn't it?) I do have some sympathy with Keith - I had exactly the same problem. I asked on the list about it, but didn't get any replies. So I'm watching hopefully! Mac -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
