This is by design. Users in the admin group can change network settings without being prompted to authenticate. This is controlled by the policykit file included in the policykit-desktop-privileges package. If this isn't compatible with your local site policies, please feel free to create a custom policykit configuration file.
** Visibility changed to: Public ** Visibility changed to: Public ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880231 Title: User can edit network connections w/o root password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/880231/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs