Public bug reported:

[ Impact ]

An user without system connection permissions may still be able to
connect via network manager but GNOME shell doesn't allow them.

In particular if the the user has no the
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system privileges, gnome
shell will fail with:

  audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=1872 uid=1000 result="fail"
  reason="Insufficient privileges

While GNOME Control center will allow the user to connect

[ Test case ]

1. Create a new user with no admin privileges
2. Connect to a wifi network using the GNOME shell quick action (from the panel)
3. The user should be prompted for creating a new *user* network connection

[ Regression Potential ]

An user with no privileges can initiate the request of creating a new
connection to Network Manager

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
         Status: In Progress

** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)

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Title:
  Impossible to connect to wifi connection from quick settings if user
  has not enough permissions

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