Start Networking at login

Question

What I would like to do:

I would like to start my wireless network after login (As apposed to starting at boot). Using my login credentials to run the command: sudo netctl start network. Instead of needing to Login once, then login my credentials a second time to start networking, at the same time I would prefer not having my system bootup with networking enabled.

The crux:

I thought I could just add it to .xinit but startx doesn't require sudo, however netctl does and therefore will not run.

I then thought about running it in my .bash_profile but that doesn't seem to work, for the same reason.

Is there a way to run networking at login, while just supplying login credentials once?

OS: Arch Linux

Answer 1

Configure sudo to allow you to run the command without a password:

As root:

# visudo

append the following:

<username> ALL = NOPASSWD: netctl start network, netctl stop network

where <username> is your username (without < and >) or ALL to allow everyone to do this. You can also stipulate a group by preceding it with a % (eg %admin).

Answer 2

You can use the methods you tried but allow the user to run the command without asking for a password.

You would need to edit the visudo file to allow one user to run this command without asking for a password.

Run sudo EDITOR=nano visudo add a line at the end as follows:

username ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/netctl

After logging out and in again you can try using your .bash_profile to start the command. Include sudo before the command.