How do I get Wicd to not ask for root pw? [SOLVED]

audiodef · Last edited by audiodef on Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:21 am; edited 1 time in total

I have a laptop I've fixed up for my mom. I got rid of Windows and put Gentoo on it. I'm using Wicd. When I log in, it asks for the root password to continue. Is there any way to have Wicd not need the root password? I want it to start up and not bother the user about it. The user should also be able to switch to another access point without needing the root password. How do I do all this? Is there a group I should create or add regular users to?
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SamuliSuominen · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject:

Use the init script.

rc-update add wicd default
/etc/init.d/wicd start

And it shouldn't ask you password anymore.

audiodef · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject:

I've done this and it still asks for the root password when I log in as a regular user.
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idella4 · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:15 pm Post subject:

audiodef, just a thought.

What triggers the request for the password? You are I assume in a kde or gnome. Go to the icon for wicd if you can, add it to a panel or the desktop, and right click and access the properties. See if it has a kdesu or gksu in the line for launching it. If so, you can remove it.
Otherwise, find the executable,
ls -ld /file.

Consider
chmod to your desire.
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audiodef · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:28 pm Post subject:

I use XFCE, actually, so right-clicking doesn't bring up a launcher properties dialog. Wicd shows up in the XFCE task bar because it's one of the auto-started programs.

What else can I check into?
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idella4 · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:36 am Post subject:

audiodef,

did you try

ls -ld /file.
chmod to your desire.
?

Otherwise, there should be a conf file for it in /etc in which it would set the permission levels, otherwise set the permission levels yourself with the above
??
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audiodef · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:21 am Post subject:

Taking /etc/init.d/wicd out of the default runlevel and putting it in the boot level solved it.

Thanks for the responses.

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d2_racing · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:39 am Post subject:

Nice

audiodef · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:19 am Post subject:

Definitely nice. I want this laptop with Gentoo to work well for my mom, as I'm trying to get them away from Windows. They keep having problems that I know are caused by the usual flotsam and crap buildup around Windows. My dad even likes to rant about how he hates Windows. Well, here's my answer!
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d2_racing · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:01 am Post subject:

Yeah, my parents are running on Ubuntu.

It's a good start

SamuliSuominen · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:54 am Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:56 pm Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:56 pm Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:22 am Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:40 am Post subject:

Indeed, I always say to my parents, don't update the box, let me do it

audiodef · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject:

That's what I'm going to insist upon from now on. Any computer problems, send it to me.

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d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject:

Indeed, it's the best pratice if they don't want to get in trouble

quanta · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Posts: 61

Yes, wicd doesn't ask for root password anymore after moving from defaults runlevel to boot runlevel. But it also doesn't detect my wired and wireless connection at boot time.

- Open up the GUI and click on "Connect" button, it hangs at "Disconnecting connection"
- The wired connection disappear when trying`wicd-curses`

Here's snippet in the `wicd.log`:

quanta · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Posts: 61

UPDATE Tue Mar 20 21:24:34 ICT 2012

Here's the relate wicd services which are started automatically at boot:

quanta · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Posts: 61