** 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.
-
- lo no 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=<set>
- 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
TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY
DBUS-PATH
- Wired connection 1 2e05c40f-3e1f-4b48-a4f3-2efbe1450403
802-3-ethernet 1393692735 Sat 01 Mar 2014 09:52:15 AM MST yes
no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
- nmcli-dev:
- DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
- eth0 802-3-ethernet connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
- nmcli-nm:
- RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
- running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled 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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Title:
Standard (non-admin) users can't connect to new wireless networks on
GNOME Shell
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
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 :(
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).
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 14.04.4 and 16.04.3 with latest updates
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.18.2-1ubuntu6
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