On Tuesday 08 July 2008 10:45:12 am James Knott wrote:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* James Knott
[07-08-08 13:07]: It should not be necessary to go to a command line and run iwlist, which is impossible for someone to do, if they don't have root priviledges to run it.
since when?? -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22128 2006-04-22 22:26 /usr/sbin/iwlist
it's owned by root, but freely available for anyone to run unless you have changed the privileges.
Sorry, my mistake. I was thinking of something else that, while it can be run by a mere mortal, won't give access to the hardware, unless root. Still, why should it be necessary to run a command to do something that should be available in Knetworkmanager?
Valid point. I didn't even know about iwlist until a few minutes ago. Oddly enough, it shows different results than knetworkmanager. I'd show a screen print, but I can't get KSnapshot to capture the screen when a menu is up. In any case KNetworkManager showed one network and iwlist showed none. Still, I see no reason to have to open a terminal to launch a command one has to remember rather than simply click or right-click an existing system tray icon. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org