On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible outputs > > > > when run as root. > > > > > > For security reasons, I don't want to run them as root. > > > > Then don't run them? You can put wpa_cli status into sudoers > > so that it will only run with that command. > > > > > The iwlist and nmcli utilities don't need root to work correctly. > > > > Run them then? > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-line > utilities (though one may want to write a script to show information > in an X11 app, a text terminal or something else?). But my remark was > mainly: the iwlist and nmcli utilities can get the information as a > normal user, so there is a major limitation in wpa_gui and wpa_cli.
This limitation does not exist. wpa_gui and wpa_cli are both capable of being run as a mormal user. -- Brian.
