use wpa_supplicant as regular user [SOLVED]

[razrburn]

I was wounding if there is a way to get wpa_supplicant to be used by a regular user. i have to run it as root every time i want to look at wireless networks or do something with it. I change wireless networks a lot and it would be nice just to click the icon and it works under my normal user.

Thanks for the help

[gigel]

you can use networkmanager . give it a try if you want
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[razrburn]

I started it but nothing changed. i haven't used networkmanager before how does one work it exactly?

[gigel]

install also knetworkmanager or a gnome equivalent, and you'll controll your network connections from there
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[cach0rr0]

highly recommend wicd
i started with networkmanager, since it seemed so easy to use
found wicd to be just one more click than networkmanager, far more straightforward, and more configurable

if youre getting grief, adding yourself to plugdev might be worth a try.
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[Ahenobarbi]

I have a user who can run wpa_supplicant. That user is in folowing groups:

[razrburn]

Thanks for all the help. after looking around on the wiki's and such i was able to get nm-applet working perfectly. thank you for all the help.