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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="problem"
id="net-othersedit">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="net-problem"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="user-admin-explain"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-31" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>You need to uncheck the <gui>Available to all users</gui> option in the network connection settings.</desc>
</info>
<title>Other users can’t edit the network connections</title>
<comment>
<cite date="2012-02-19">shaunm</cite>
<p>I know there were polkit policy changes. Not sure if this is 100% on the
money for 3.2. Double-check when possible</p>
</comment>
<p>If you can edit a network connection but other users on your computer
can’t, you may have set the connection to be <em>available to all users</em>.
This makes it so that everyone on the computer can <em>connect</em> using
that connection<!--, but only users
<link xref="user-admin-explain">with administrative rights</link> are allowed
to change its settings-->.</p>
<comment>
<cite date="2013-10-31">Kat</cite>
<p>Anyone can edit the connection in 3.10.</p>
</comment>
<!--
<p>The reason for this is that, since everyone is affected if the settings
are changed, only highly-trusted (administrator) users should be allowed to
modify the connection.</p>
<p>If other users really need to be able to change the connection themselves,
make it so the connection is <em>not</em> set to be available to everyone on
the computer. This way, everyone will be able to manage their own connection
settings rather than relying on one set of shared, system-wide settings for
the connection.</p>
-->
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Network</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Network</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Wi-Fi</gui> from the list on the left.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click the
<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/emblem-system-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media> button to open the connection
details.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Identity</gui> from the pane on the left.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>At the bottom of the <gui>Identity</gui> panel, check the <gui>Make
available to other users</gui> option to allow other users to use the
network connection.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press <gui style="button">Apply</gui> to save the changes.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</page>
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