How to prevent local, non-root users from modifying NetworkManager profiles

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Issue

  • When users are logged in via a console or a GUI session, they can change, control, and remove NetworkManager connection profiles. We need to know how to block non-root, non-sudo, non-administrator local users from having the ability to manipulate network connections.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

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