Hello Marc,
Yes, also that workaround can fix it.
 
But as you had written in second email, you are fixing acces to he internet in 
school. So, better will be solution to authorize notebooks and tablets for 
students using WPA Enterprise with Radius. Radius can be configured to allow 
only one internet conection per one student, with deny during hours when they 
are learning according to personal schedulle plan. Some universites in old 
continent are using similar setup.
 
PS:Regarding your original question (how to disable button "show password" in network 
manager), did you had try to mark "all users may connect to this network" and create 
desktop user for student? You can login using student account and check if that button will be 
available for students. Also tha workaround shall theoretically work if nothing has changed in past 
years. but none of both listed workarounds wil provide clean solution.
 
 
Peter.
 
______________________________________________________________
Od: Marc Tremblay <mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca>
Komu: Peter Golis <gol...@centrum.sk>, "'lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com'" 
<lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
Dátum: 16.06.2015 16:48
Predmet: RE: Security question regarding hiding the WIFI configuration username 
and password

Hi Peter,
 
This sounds interesting. So I would configure the WIFI through the terminal and 
the account credentials would not show up in the network connections GUI?
 
From: Peter Golis [mailto:gol...@centrum.sk]
Sent: June-16-15 10:03 AM
To: Marc Tremblay; 'lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com'
Subject: Re: Security question regarding hiding the WIFI configuration username 
and password
 
Hello Marc,
Did you had try to setup WiFi network manually without use of graphical network 
manager? This will avoid readability of password/passpharse if configuration 
will be readable only by OS.
 
Peter.
 
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Od: Marc Tremblay <mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca <mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca>>
Komu: "'lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com'" <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com 
<lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>>
Dátum: 16.06.2015 15:16
Predmet: Security question regarding hiding the WIFI configuration username and 
password

Good morning,
 
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.
 
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..
 
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.
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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