DHCPCD-GTK(8)

dhcpcd-gtk 💖

okay bestie, this one's from the System Manager's Manual section, and it's literally the cute little GUI that makes network stuff not scary. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

dhcpcd-gtk — a GTK+ frontend for network configuration 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so dhcpcd-gtk is a GTK+ frontend for network configuration, periodt. it's the pretty face, and it's got two backends doing the actual heavy lifting behind the scenes: dhcpcd(8) and wpa_supplicant(8). 💖

heads up bestie: dhcpcd(8) needs to be running in Master mode for dhcpcd-gtk to work with it. no Master mode, no vibes. 😭

and if you're using dhcpcd-gtk to actually make configuration changes? then the user needs to be able to write to two things:

• the privileged dhcpcd control socket 🔌
• /etc/dhcpcd.conf 📝

see dhcpcd.conf(5) for the deets. iykyk.

🎀 wpa_supplicant 🎀

dhcpcd-gtk is lowkey relying on wpa_supplicant(8) being configured to write its sockets to /var/run/wpa_supplicant. that's the whole vibe check right there. 📡

and if you're using dhcpcd-gtk to select and set pass phrases for wireless networks, then update_config=1 needs to be set in wpa_supplicant.conf. no cap. 🔑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• dhcpcd(8)
• dhcpcd.conf(5)
• wpa_supplicant(8)
• wpa_supplicant.conf(5)

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> — the icon, the legend, the main character ✨

💀 BUGS 💀

found something cursed? please report them to http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd-ui 🙈

that's the whole page bestie, slay. this edition was from Debian, dated August 4, 2016 — fr fr, vintage but still eating 🍓💖🫶