Connection to WiFi Acces point with Non-root user

[veloteuton63]

My Problem is to establish a wireless connection under a non privileged user account.
I installed UBUNTU (8.10 or 9.04) on my laptops (N.b. the same problem occurs on all laptops used in our household - DELL Inspiron with factory installed Ubuntu, IBM T41 with GOS 3.1 (Ubuntu based) and an ASUS X58LE (Ubuntu 9.04).

The problem is: When Logging on to the computer under the privileged account (created at install) a WiFi access to a protected access point can be setup.

When logging on to the laptop with a non-privileged account (added to the system later) the Wifi access would not be established.

In addition: when first logging in with the account created at start-up and establishing WiFi access, access would be re-established after log off and log on with any other account.

I assume that this might be a problem with the necessary user privileges, if someone could point me into the right direction, help is very much appreciated.

[reed9]

Did you add your user to the network group, or whatever Ubuntu's equivalent is?

Managing users in Ubuntu

Go to System->Administration->Users and Groups. You should be able to select your user and edit that account. Under the User Priveleges tab, there should be an option for Connect to Internet.