system-config-network as non-root

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Andras Simon wrote:

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> On 4/6/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
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>> 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.)
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> 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.

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<device> (where <device> is the name 
of the interface you want to control, e.g., eth0, eth1, ppp0, etc.

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