Description of Problem: Cannot disable my wireless connection (eth1) when runing neat-control as a general user ('jhall'). To disable the interface, I need to run neat (which prompts me for root's password, and then I can enable / disable interfaces.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-network-1.1.20-1 How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. login as general user under X 2. Click Hat - System Tools - Network Device Control 3. Hilight the eth1 interface 4. click 'Deactivate' Actual Results: Receives the message 'Cannot deactivate network interface eth1' Expected Results: Should have deactivated my wireless (eth1) interface. Additional Information:
As a a work-around, I am now running 'neat-control' under sudo. 'neat-control' works as expected when run as root. Should general users be able to bring interfaces up/down using neat-control? It's in the menus, so I would guess yes. -jh
I'm trying to figure out if there is a better way to fix this than running it through sudo (although sudo is a great way to limit what users can bring interfaces up/down). Setting 'neat-control' to suid-root didn't seem to work ... maybe I should have also set sgid-root?
just checkmark "Allow all users to enable/disable the device" or symlink with consolehelper like redhat-config-network is..