KNetworkManager premissions on KDE start

Aleksandersen · 11-03-2007, 11:59 AM

Hi forum,

I have Debian 4.0r1 ‘Etch’ and KDE 3.5.5.

I also have some problems with KNetworkManager. It requires to be run as root to locate network hardware and modify wired and wireless network connections.

How do I setup KDE to start KNetworkManager automagically on start-up with the required premissions?

I have a bad work-around running kdesu knetworkmanager on startup. However I did not have to enter my root password when I used KNetworkManager in KUbuntu 7.10 ‘Gutsy Gibbon’. But I do not know how they have done it. Does anyone know?

Samotnik · 11-04-2007, 08:45 AM

You can install SUID bit on KNetworkManager binary (chmod +s <path to binary>).

Aleksandersen · 11-04-2007, 09:42 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. I did do so, but then I got the following error message:
$ knetworkmanager
The KDE libraries are not designed to run with suid privileges..

Have you got any other suggestions?