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how to reconnect to wireless as non root - pclinuxos

post #1 of 4
2/25/06 at 3:06am
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I am a noob. please consider it.

How do I reconnect to the wireless if the signal is dropped? Wlassistant does not allow to use itself if the root password is not entered and that seems to be the only way to reconnect.

So how would I do that? Or how SPECIFICALY do I make it so that a non root suer can use Wlassistant fully without restrictions.

Please help .
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post #2 of 4
2/25/06 at 4:36am
Here's one suggestion. This will allow any user added to the group to run wlassistant with root permissions:

Make sure you have 'sudo' installed.

type

sudo
do you get a usage message or file not found?
If you get file not found then you probably need to install sudo. Create a new group: 'wlan' or similiar.
As root, type
groupadd wlan As root, add this line to the bottom of your /etc/sudoers file:
%wlan ALL=NOPASSWD: ${PATH}/wlassistant Change the ${PATH} to be the correct path to wlassistant on your system.
If you don't know the path type:
which wlassistant As root, add any users you want to have wlassistant permissions to the 'wlan' group using the GUI tool of your choice, or finding the wlan entry in the /etc/group file and adding the users name to the end of the line:
wlan:x:1012:user1

troymc
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post #3 of 4
2/25/06 at 12:03pm
make sure wireless is added to your bootscript so then it starts automatically for all users.
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post #4 of 4
2/25/06 at 11:25pm
I believe you can set it that way in pclinuxos control center / networking /create a new network interface it has a spot to check so any user can activate connection
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