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djseomun

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From: Durham, NC

Registered: 2008-10-19

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Do you have to be root to run dhcpcd?

By reading the wiki, I found out that I can connect to my school's wireless as follows:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid GTwireless key (...)
dhcpcd wlan0

I then wrote a script containing #!/bin/bash and those three commands. It may not be the best way (and if it's not, please tell me a better way), but it works.

I'd like to run the script without being in superuser mode. Is it possible for a regular user to be able to run dhcpcd?

Last edited by djseomun (2008-11-13 19:54:44)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Do you have to be root to run dhcpcd?

Take a look at netcfg, you can create a profile to connect to the wifi at school.

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syntaxerrormmm

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From: Italy

Registered: 2008-10-22

Posts: 80

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Re: Do you have to be root to run dhcpcd?

Is it possible for a regular user to be able to run dhcpcd?

Just configure sudo to do that, if you think you will need it often. Best way is Mr.Elendig's advice.

HTH.

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