Geoclue provider requires root permissions

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 16:39 +0300, Leonid Yurchenko wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> (is you saw this already - sorry for repeating mail, but previous seems 
> to be stuck somewhere)
> 
> I'm writing a geoclue provider that requires root permissions. In 
> particular it requires access to wifi driver via wireless tools 
> (initiate a scan). All is working perfectly when I start client 
> application with sudo. But obviously I want a regular user to be able to 
> use this provider without sudoing. How can I achieve this?

Why does it need that? I would expect connman, or NetworkManager to be
able to provide you with the details of nearby APs. In fact, that's
already how the skyhook provider works.