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Ventil1

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Registered: 2010-03-17

Posts: 143

how to run netcfg -u "MyEssid" without password

I got archlinux + openbox installed. I would like to set netcfg to autostart with openbox.
I just need to put "netcfg -u "MyEssid" in openbox's autostart.sh script. But there is a problem. Netcfg needs to be run as root.

I tried to put this lines in my sudoers file but it still tells me netcfg needs to be run as root.

Cmnd_Alias NETMGR = /usr/bin/netcfg

root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

marko   ALL=(ALL) ALL
marko   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/netcfg
%network  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/netcfg
%network ALL=NOPASSWD: NETMGR

%users  localhost=/sbin/poweroff

Oh yeah. I can't run "# poweroff" either. Need to be root also.

I know I could use wicd, networkmanager,... But I want to do it this way.
What should I do?

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,362

Re: how to run netcfg -u "MyEssid" without password

Why don't you just autostart netcfg in /etc/rc.local? Does it have to start with your graphical login? I normally prefer my network to be started up in the boot process...

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skanky

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From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: how to run netcfg -u "MyEssid" without password

Couldn't you just use net-auto-wireless?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Net … omatically

If you want to run as root but no password, you set-up sudoers as above, but still need to specify sudo.

sudo netcfg <profile>

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Ventil1

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Registered: 2010-03-17

Posts: 143

Re: how to run netcfg -u "MyEssid" without password

If you want to run as root but no password, you set-up sudoers as above, but still need to specify sudo.

sudo netcfg <profile>

It works now! Woohoo!
Thanks skanky

skanky

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From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: how to run netcfg -u "MyEssid" without password

Nice one.

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