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Also It may be worth checking if the new user is part of the Admin group as in the sudoers file then updates and new programs can be easily installed as well. Un-less of course a windows user may cause you problems being a sudoer?! sudo more /etc/sudoers # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 17:16 +0000, NW wrote: > > > In Ubuntu there is a checkbox "Available to All Users" in "edit > connection." You get to it by right clicking the network icon (on the > panel in Gnome). Assuming Mint is the same, that needs to be checked (as > root) to allow other users to use the connection (applies to ethernet > too). > > Phil > > Thanks, Phil. I found it and made the change and it now works. > Brilliant. How weird is that? I find it a very strange set up. Surely > if you have an Internet connection set up you want if to be for > everyone. what also confused me is that I first set up the new user in > a room with a wired connection and that worked just fine. > > And, further to that, why is the little check box so well hidden? I > doubt that I would ever have noticed it. This may be of use to others > too, or am the only one in ignorance? Could be!! > > thanks again > > Neil > > > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq