Re: Modem light's won't show traffic
From: Aaron Konstam (akonstam_at_trinity.edu)
Date: 04/21/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:04:27 -0500 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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.
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