why is this happening?-"dhcpcd will not work correctly unless run as root"
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i have installed archlinux and gnome on virtualbox. had no problem connecting to internet but now after installing gnome and rebooting there is no internet connection
after following instructions from archwiki,i have tried . but i cant figure out the problem please help.
host-63drhd% sudo netctl status enp0s3
? [email protected] - Networking for netctl profile enp0s3 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
host-63drhd% sudo netctl enable enp0s3
Profile 'enp0s3' does not exist or is not readable
host-63drhd% sudo dhcpcd
dhcpcd[1486]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process host-63drhd% dhcpcd
dhcpcd[1543]: control_open: Permission denied
dhcpcd[1543]: dhcpcd will not work correctly unless run as root
dhcpcd[1543]: open `/run/dhcpcd.pid': Permission denied
dhcpcd[1543]: control_start: Permission denied
dhcpcd[1543]: version 6.3.2 starting
dhcpcd[1543]: enp0s3: if_init: Permission denied
dhcpcd[1543]: enp0s8: if_init: Permission denied
dhcpcd[1543]: no valid interfaces found
dhcpcd[1543]: no interfaces have a carrier
dhcpcd[1543]: forked to background, child pid 1544
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