Help with networkmgr

[gazj82]

Hi All,

I am a new FreeBSD user (although I have dabbled a little in the past). I have a pretty minimal setup. I use emacs with exwm as my window manager started from sddm running .xinitrc

When emacs starts I have it run a script in ~/.bin/autostart.sh that starts a few programs including networkmgr. Networkmgr starts up ok and it can pickup that my default wifi (from initial installer setup) has connected. The small problem I have is that I cannot change any network settings. Not unless I close networkmgr and run it again as root. Looking at the networkmgr git page it looks like you need to be a member of the wheel account which my user is, but unfortuntaly I cannot change any network settings. Surely I should not need to run this as root to change wifi network?!

After using Linux for 20 years, it feels as though most distro's are getting further and further away from the unix feel, Slackware is probably the only exception. No wifi on my laptop has kept me away from freebsd for the longest time. But now with wifi for my chipset finally supported I can now use it as a daily OS. The amount of available packages has also significantly increased since I last used it. Thanks to all involved in producing a great OS.

 

[nxjoseph]

Hi,

Can you try running net-mgmt/networkmgr with security/sudo from ~/.xinitrc because i think that net-mgmt/networkmgr has a file in /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d to make users who are in wheel group to be able to run net-mgmt/networkmgr with security/sudo without requiring password.

networkmgr/src/sudoers.d/networkmgr at master · ghostbsd/networkmgr

NetworkMgr is a Python GTK3 network manager for FreeBSD, GhostBSD, TrueOS and DragonFlyBSD - ghostbsd/networkmgr

github.com

 

[Phishfry]

Post in thread 'doas tips - sudo alternative'

Mar 17, 2022

usr/local/etc/doas.conf for net-mgmt/networkmgr

permit nopass keepenv root
permit :wheel
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd netcardmgr
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd ifconfig
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd service

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[gazj82]

Thank you for all your help nxjoseph.

That did indeed work. I can see the allowance in /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/networkmgr - I just didn't expect running the program as root to be the standard way of running it.

Thank you again

 

[SirDice]

Surely I should not need to run this as root to change wifi network?!

Yes, yes you do. Only root can change network settings, this includes wireless networking.

 

[nxjoseph]

Thank you for all your help nxjoseph.

That did indeed work. I can see the allowance in /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/networkmgr - I just didn't expect running the program as root to be the standard way of running it.

Thank you again

You are welcome, I am glad it worked!

I just didn't expect running the program as root to be the standard way of running it.

I see, I never used net-mgmt/networkmgr but I'd expect that it would require a permission to update network settings.

 

[gazj82]

Again, thank you all for your help. It is much appreciated.