Re: /etc/dhcpcd.conf correct permissions

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 14 November 2015 at 21:37, Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:
> Hi Ottavio
>
> On Saturday 14 November 2015 17:05:14 you wrote:
>> when right-clicking on dhcpcd-gtk icon, I select "preferences" and I
>> get the error:
>>
>> Error saving /etc/dhcpcd.conf
>> The dhcpcd configuration file is not writeable
>>
>> I have:
>> $ ls -al /etc/dhcpcd.conf
>> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1314 Nov 14 14:06 /etc/dhcpcd.conf
>>
>> And I see this in dhcpcd-gtk man page:
>>
>>     If dhcpcd-gtk is used to make configuration changes then the user
>> needs to be able to write to the privileged dhcpcd control socket.
>> See
>>      dhcpcd.conf(5) for details.
>>
>> Then in  dhcpcd.conf(5) man page:
>>
>>  controlgroup group
>>              Sets the group ownership of /var/run/dhcpcd.sock so that users
>>              other than root can connect to dhcpcd.
>>
>> So I have commented the "controlgroup wheel" line out, restarted the
>> dhcpcd daemon, the wpa_supplicant daemon and dhcpcd-gtk, and even
>> rebooted but I still have the same permission error as above.
>>
>> Do I have to change permissions to /etc/dhcpcd.conf?
>
> Currently yes you do - /etc/dhcpcd.conf needs to be writeable by the user
> running dhcpcd-{gtk,qt}.
> I will probably add an option to dhcpcd.conf to allow for updates via the
> control socket similar to wpa_supplicant.
>
> For the time being I've corrected the man pages here:
> http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd-ui/ci/a01fcae4072935ca?sbs=0
>
> I've filed a ticket against dhcpcd so I don't forget to add this:
> http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd-ui/info/a388a1503cc3f8d2
>

Many thanks, Roy



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Ottavio