system-config-network as non-root

François Patte francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr
Fri Apr 6 20:31:12 UTC 2007


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Matthew Miller a écrit :
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 10:11:58PM +0200, François Patte wrote:
>> I'd like to know if there is a way to allow non root user to use
>> "system-config-network". On a laptop it is quite boring to always become
>> root if you want to use lan interface, wifi interface or ppp interface....
>> Is there a magic way to allow people to bring up an interface according
>> to their needs?
> 
> Do you care if they're able to also do anything whatsoever to the network
> config?
> 
No, but the way it is done now is very ambiguous: either you give the
root passwork to anybody using the laptop or the person you give the
laptop to (for a short time) is able to do anything to the network
config... Is there a mean way?

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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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