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. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
