My app uses its own drivers for the USB-HID device. So i will have to detach the existing driver before I can use my own drivers. So I need root permission to do this.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:50:17AM +0530, shivaprasad javali wrote: > > Hi. > > > > The app that i am trying to run must be run as super user for it to > run > > properly. So i tried using su -c app_name in the shell script described > in > > the link http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1555.0 > > > > Now the activity just says starting in the home ring and doesnt > > launch. > > The reason why your script fails is that general activities are run with > low privilege and are not permitted to exercise the privileges of the > human operator. > > See > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow > http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=security;a=blob;f=bitfrost.txt;hb=HEAD > > for some details. > > Now, what are you actually trying to accomplish? > > Michael >
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