Re: which X11 app can show wifi info
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.
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