How to get on wifi without administrator password

Question

How can I get online on a Ubuntu PC without the administrator password? I have ordinary user privileges, and the wifi itself is not password protected.

Solution 1

If the wireless is working; that is, a driver is installed, then you should be able to click the Network Manager icon, see your network and connect. If the wireless is not working because it needs to have a driver installed, then you cannot proceed without administrator privileges. The administrator password is required to modify the system and install software, including drivers.

Solution 2

I found success with the following solution in Ubuntu 13.04:

Open /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy with root/sudo privileges and search for the following line:

<message>System policy prevents modification of network settings for all users</message>

A few lines below that should be this:

<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>

Change it to:

<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

Save the file and restart your computer.

Comments

[AlikElzin-kilaka]

Related: askubuntu.com/questions/244567/…

[Admin]

Does this answer your question? Remove sudo password when connecting to *new* WiFi network

[Admin]

This is a 10 year old Grandfather question. It has a score of 6 and two answers. It should remain open. The proposed duplicated question is only 7 years old.

[Admin]

Oh, yes, that was about it! Running Ubuntu 20.10.