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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


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** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  User can edit network connections w/o root password

Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  In Xubuntu 11.10, the user can edit network connections (e.g.,
  passwords, security settings, MAC address) w/o the need for root
  password.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Date: Sun Oct 23 10:00:30 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-connection-editor
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.123.254 dev wlan0  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.123.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.123.181  metric 2
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (9 days ago)
  XsessionErrors:
   (xfce4-indicator-plugin:1534): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_name: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   (xfce4-indicator-plugin:1534): libindicator-WARNING **: IndicatorObject class does not have an accessible description.
   (xfce4-indicator-plugin:1534): libindicator-WARNING **: IndicatorObject class does not have an accessible description.
   (xfce4-indicator-plugin:1534): libxfce4panel-CRITICAL **: IA__xfce_panel_plugin_add_action_widget: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   (xfce4-indicator-plugin:1534): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed

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