** Description changed: Fresh install of Kubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. network-manager: - Installed: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - Candidate: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - Version table: - *** 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 - 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 500 - 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages - 1.1.93-0ubuntu4 500 - 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages + Installed: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 + Candidate: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 + Version table: + *** 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 + 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 500 + 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages + 1.1.93-0ubuntu4 500 + 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Steps to reproduce the bug (first part): - 1. After a fresh install, for an administrator account connect to a secure WiFi network. - Store password (in my case WPA) and through NM GUI allow all users to use WiFi network. + 1. After a fresh install, for an administrator account connect to a secure WiFi network. Store password (in my case WPA) and through NM GUI allow all users to use WiFi network. 2. Create non-administrator user, called dummy, say. - 3. After every reboot, an error will appear for dummy on login that he does not have sufficient - privileges to make changes to network settings. + 3. After every reboot, an error will appear for dummy on login that he does not have sufficient privileges to make changes to network settings. After reading https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1574020/comments/26, this can be fixed by changing the permissions= entry in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections for the affected WiFi network. Steps to reproduce the bug (second part): Now on every reboot, the user dummy will be asked for the WiFi password once he logs in. Nothing that can be done through GUI (either as administrator or as dummy) changes that. Similarly, LightDM asks for the WiFi password after every reboot. In my case I could fix the issue by manually editing the following entries in the SSID file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/: - psk-flags=0 - psk=<WIFI_PASSWORD> + psk-flags=0 + psk=<WIFI_PASSWORD> - Note that psk-flags was set to 1 beforehand. The meaning of these values can be found with - man nm-settings. + Note that psk-flags was set to 1 beforehand. The meaning of these values + can be found with "man nm-settings". Note that this bug may or may not be related to the following bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1574020 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1270791 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1354924 + + Edit: Any user account with administrative rights is not affected, of + course. So after step 1. above, any such user can use the WiFi network + after every login without having to re-enter the WiFi password.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1735549 Title: WiFi password asked at every reboot for non-admin users (and LightDM) Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Fresh install of Kubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. network-manager: Installed: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Candidate: 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Version table: *** 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 1.1.93-0ubuntu4 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Steps to reproduce the bug (first part): 1. After a fresh install, for an administrator account connect to a secure WiFi network. Store password (in my case WPA) and through NM GUI allow all users to use WiFi network. 2. Create non-administrator user, called dummy, say. 3. After every reboot, an error will appear for dummy on login that he does not have sufficient privileges to make changes to network settings. After reading https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1574020/comments/26, this can be fixed by changing the permissions= entry in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections for the affected WiFi network. Steps to reproduce the bug (second part): Now on every reboot, the user dummy will be asked for the WiFi password once he logs in. Nothing that can be done through GUI (either as administrator or as dummy) changes that. Similarly, LightDM asks for the WiFi password after every reboot. In my case I could fix the issue by manually editing the following entries in the SSID file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/: psk-flags=0 psk=<WIFI_PASSWORD> Note that psk-flags was set to 1 beforehand. The meaning of these values can be found with "man nm-settings". Note that this bug may or may not be related to the following bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1574020 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1270791 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1354924 Edit: Any user account with administrative rights is not affected, of course. So after step 1. above, any such user can use the WiFi network after every login without having to re-enter the WiFi password. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1735549/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
