system-config-network as non-root

Andras Simon szajmi at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 23:16:37 UTC 2007




On 4/6/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
[...]
> USERCTL=yes lets you bring the interface up and down using ifup and
> ifdown. I forget what GUI tools does the same things for you. (You
> have to run /sbin/ifup eth0 as a user.) But you can only use
> pre-defined network settings. (Static or dynamic.)

In system-config-network, there is a checkbox "Allow all users to enable and disable the device" in Devices/Edit. Nevertheless, I'm curious where USERCTL=yes should be written.

Andras




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