Ubuntu allow a normal user to edit WiFi Connection

When a normal user edit Wi-Fi connection on Wi-Fi Settings, they will be asked to enter administrator user pasword.

wifi ubuntu settings

To allow a normal user to modify network connection, you can edit the connection configuration file in folder

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

This file look like

root@sok-01:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# cat SOK
[connection]
id=SOK
uuid=982596a7-44c8-4e52-a696-6acf4daeec12
type=wifi
permissions=

[wifi]
mac-address=E8:DE:27:0B:39:55
mac-address-blacklist=
mode=infrastructure
ssid=SOK

[wifi-security]
auth-alg=open
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=Sup3rD0nkey

[ipv4]
dns-search=
method=auto

[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
dns-search=
method=auto
root@sok-01:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# 

Find

permissions=

Replace with

permissions=user:USER_NAME_HEARE:;

USER_NAME_HEARE = replace this with actual username, that need to edit the network configuration.

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