initiate program as root

Vindane · 03-28-2005, 12:40 PM

I'm writing a script to connect to my wireless lan when I click on it. I've looked on google but can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I need to be root when these certain commands are given. My question is should I include the su command in my script? Or should I include the su command in my icon during the command call?

Code:

#! /bin/bash
# Script to connect to wireless lan.

modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 9999999999
iwconfig wlan0 essid ESSID
dhcpcd wlan0

XavierP · 03-28-2005, 01:57 PM

I'd set the permissions on that file to be only usable as root, it should then prompt you for a password.

gbonvehi · 03-28-2005, 02:23 PM

Make another script with these lines:

Code:

#! /bin/bash
su -c 'yourscripttogetwireless.sh'

or

Code:

#! /bin/bash
# Script to connect to wireless lan.

su -c 'modprobe ndiswrapper ; iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed ; iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 9999999999 ; iwconfig wlan0 essid ESSID ; dhcpcd wlan0'

Oh, you could also take a look at sudo ('man sudo' and 'man sudoers') to see how to enable certain user to execute certain commands.