Security question regarding hiding the WIFI configuration username and password

[Barry Titterton]

On 16/06/15 14:15, Marc Tremblay wrote:
> Good morning,
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> At our school board we have been converting all our older technology to
> Lubuntu. Our network manager has brought up a problem that he views as a
> security risk. He is not familiar with Linux and does not really like
> having these devices on our network.
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> In Network connections, users are able to access the network connections
> for the WIFI, click on edit and then click show password to see the
> credentials used for the WIFI access. In the case where the device
> belongs to one individual that’s not a problem but we have a many class
> sets of devices used by many students and we don’t want them to see the
> WIFI credentials and share them with friends etc..
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> I know this is probably very simple but is there a way to have the
> network connections section password protected? In most cases when you
> try to modify settings and install programs you are prompted for a password.
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Marc,

Do your students' user accounts have admin privileges?

Regards,

Barry T