On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 09:50 +0200, François Patte wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim a écrit : > > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 22:11 +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.... > > > > Don't know about with wireless, but there are various GUIs for letting > > users bring some interfaces up and down, as well as command line tools. > > In Gnome, you can edit the main menus, and find "network device control" > > in the system tools section. There's also a modem lights panel applet > > that lets you bring ppp up and down from the taskbar. > > I think that I wasn't clear enough, all what has been suggested is to > use some applet or some command line to bring up an interface already > configured by root. > > I don't want command line, because most of people do not know/want to > use it, and my problem is not solved in this way. Let's go to an example: > > Being a laptop that I lend to John Doe for sometimes to go to a congress. > > At the airport, J.D. want to use the wifi ESSID=Airport key=whatever > > At the hotel, J.D. use the lan cable (no problem dhcp). > The above three instances can be done by nm-applet as long as the wired connection uses dhcp. > When back home (or at friend home), he has an ISP and can use the modem > with the phone number and password given by his ISP. > modem lights can do modem connection. > I don't want to give the root password to John Doe. > > What can I do? > > Are there some pam command to do this? > > Thanks. > > - -- > François Patte > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > Université René Descartes > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGF01VdE6C2dhV2JURAi6cAJ9gmdclIRCHXVLHev8zRl9W0nG3qgCg11H9 > kt5n9BZmZjCqR6mDLssnedE= > =lCsx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- ======================================================================= Lactomangulation, n.: Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side. -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
