On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:47:51PM -0300, Mariano Draghi wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to know how to setup the modemlights applet and/or ifup|ifdown > scripts so an _ordinary_ user (i.e. not root) can have the traffic shown > in the applet. > > If I login as root, it works perfect. > If I login as any other user, I can make the connection without > problems, but the "light" of the applet reminds yellow (as if it where > still connecting), and no traffic is shown. > > I suppose it has to do with some permission, but I'd rather ask before > chmoding something wrong... I don't want to loose the security of my > dial-up connection. > > Besides, I suppose it's a bug. If I setup the network interface so any > user can start up it (as it is), then the expected behavior of the > applet would be that any user can see the connection status and the traffic. > > Thanks in advance for any input... > > -- > Mariano What I would do is make ifup and ifdown SUID root. That works for me. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
