On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 18:53, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 11:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Bill Mullen said: > > > > > It may be worth noting that permissions on this and many other > > > devices are > > > controlled by the settings within one's > > > /etc/security/console.perms file. > > > > What is the best way to view/edit this file? I checked it out > > with VI, but I was wondering if there were something better > > suited? > > Depends on what you like. I like VI others like Emacs... still more > like kedit, gedit or some other graphical editor. It's a taste think > more than anything else. > > >
cat,, so you just read it.... > > > I wrestled with a similar problem recently, trying to get xawtv to > > > work > > > reliably on a 9.1 system with an older, Mach64-based ATI TV Wonder > > > card. I > > > ended up having to go with using sudo to run it, and created a > > > menu entry > > > and a desktop icon that invoked xawtv via sudo for the system's > > > owner. So > > > far, so good, but I would have preferred to find a more elegant > > > solution. > > > > > > As this isn't a problem on 9.0 and earlier releases, something is > > > borked > > > in this regard on 9.1, I strongly suspect ... but what? > > > > I think as well, and not backed by facts but only supposition; > > when we start adding several multimedia apps / hardware to the > > computer, are we not losing the inherent security? I realize it�s > > not a good idea to run as root, even behind a firewall. I�ve > > wiped out similar named directories before by not obeying the > > rules, boy that hurts! But when you�re talking about a device > > driver - while not a purist approach - is it that important? > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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