Run wpa_gui from Xfce panel

updat · 10-09-2022, 01:21 PM

I want to run wpa_gui by clicking on a GUI panel icon. This utility requires admin priviledge. My user is in the sudoers file.

Currently if I chmod +s `which wpa_gui`, it refuses to run because it doesn't like setuid.

If I change the command in the panel icon settings to "sudo wpa_gui" however, there is no existing GUI mechanism to detect the "sudo" prefix and then ask me for my password.

Is there a way to always be able to run it via the GUI?

Emerson · 10-09-2022, 02:14 PM

Edit your sudoers file and allow passwordless execution of this particular command. The tool for this is 'visudo'.

updat · 10-09-2022, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

Edit your sudoers file and allow passwordless execution of this particular command. The tool for this is 'visudo'.

That worked, thanks.

myuser mymachine = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/wpa_gui

I had to reboot for it to take effect.