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How to make Ubuntu ask for a password every time a user tries to access system settings?

I need this specifically for the wifi settings, so that no one can change, turn on, or off wifi on my machine without putting the root password in the prompt.

Any help is appreciated.

Zanna
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Arpan Ghosh
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2 Answers2

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I reached the target with as follow:

sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks.real
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-control-center /usr/bin/gnome-control-center.real
sudo nano /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks

Added the line

user=$USER ; disp=$DISPLAY ; pkexec sudo -u $user DISPLAY=$disp gnome-tweaks.real

sudo nano /usr/bin/gnome-control-center

Added the line

user=$USER ; disp=$DISPLAY ; pkexec sudo -u $user DISPLAY=$disp gnome-control-center.real

sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
Pilot6
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dario
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To revert back to default settings,

sudo rm /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks
sudo rm /usr/bin/gnome-control-center

sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks.real /usr/bin/gnome-tweaks
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-control-center.real /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
Subash
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