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Some GUI applets/utilities cannot control {{ic|tailscaled}} as a regular user and prompt for a password for every action/not connecting. Assigning the user as an operator fixes this: | Some GUI applets/utilities cannot control {{ic|tailscaled}} as a regular user and prompt for a password for every action/not connecting. Assigning the user as an operator fixes this: | ||
{{Commands|1=$ sudo tailscale set --operator=USERNAME}} | {{Commands|1=$ sudo tailscale set --operator=USERNAME}}'''Note:''' There is currently a bug with the above command documented in: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/18294 | ||
The workaround is to login and set the operator as part of connecting to tailscale. This section can be removed once the issue is resolved. | |||
{{Commands|1=# for initial login | |||
sudo tailscale login | |||
# this will set your user as the operator for the future | |||
sudo tailscale up --operator=$USER | |||
# validate your user is an operator | |||
tailscale debug prefs {{!}} grep -i operator}} | |||
== Running multiple Tailnet-accessible services on a single machine == | == Running multiple Tailnet-accessible services on a single machine == | ||