Hi all,
I recently installed Linux Mint on a shared laptop and I was scolded almost immediately afterwards for doing so...
Apparently as a standard user, an admin password is needed to connect to a new wireless network?
Is there any way around this?
Ideally I would not give the shared user admin rights as some of the other users are not the most tech savvy (and of course I can't be adding every library/school/coffeeshop network preemptively).
Anyone advice?
Connecting to a new wireless network without an admin password
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therealvincent
Connecting to a new wireless network without an admin password
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Re: Connecting to a new wireless network without an admin password
Trying adding each user to the netdev group.
Command line method...
So to add user steve it would look like this
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Privil ... t_networks
https://wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups
Command line method...
sudo usermod -a -G netdev <user>So to add user steve it would look like this
sudo usermod -a -G netdev stevehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Privil ... t_networks
https://wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups
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