[Feature request] Use the tlp command without sudo

[joaopauloalbq]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

This is a usability problem, asking for authentication every time the user changes profiles manually.

Describe the solution you'd like

A clear and concise description of:

• Your use case(s)
  I want to create a widget/dashboard to switch between ac and bat profiles.

• What you want to happen
  Use the tlp commands without sudo:
  $ tlp true
$ tlp false

Additional context

powerprofilesctl doesn't need authentication to change the power profile.
Other operating systems change energy profiles without asking for privileges too.

Mac

Windows

[linrunner]

Hi,

this would require a daemon running with root privilege, which TLP does not have.

https://linrunner.de/tlp/developers/architecture.html

Adding a daemon would mean more or less rewriting TLP from scratch, what I do not intend to do anytime soon.

The basic idea of TLP is to automatically change the profile depending on the power source and providing just two profiles AC/BAT. The use case of a manual change has no priority.

You may of course write a root daemon (that calls tlp) yourself or you may look at the possibilities of /etc/sudoers.

Btw. I consider tlp false|true deprecated. Better use tlp bat|ac.

[joaopauloalbq]

Hi Linrunner,

I understand.

Thank you for TLP