Public bug reported: I did a fresh installation of 16.10 and as I got to the login screen (which I assume is unity-greeter) I clicked on the Wifi symbol to connect, but I got an error saying:
failed to connect: insufficient priveligies No special settings what so ever. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: unity-greeter 16.10.2.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 9 23:22:01 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-28 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) SourcePackage: unity-greeter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: unity-greeter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671640 Title: Trying to connect to Wifi before logging into Unity doesn't work, but afterwards it works fine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1671640/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs