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.

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.