Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:57:56 +1300 From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!)
chmod +s /usr/bin/apm Works for me. Fran :):):) On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:52, you wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:47:49 > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > Heya, > > I suspect this one is for Christian or Paul or whoever - it's beyond my > competence. > > I'm playing with the linux bios control at > http://club.pep.ne.jp/~ishioka/Software/Linux/libapm/ and so far have > managed to get the text apm control working - though only as root, which > is a pain. The documentation tells me that as I've installed it, anyone > should be able to run it, but that doesn't work. > > There's also a tcl (I think) script which should give a graphical > interface for X - but it bombs out with an error from the libapm package, > again complaining that only root can use it. > > This looks awfully like a permissions thing...what I'd like to do is set > the libapm to run a root irrespective of user, but I can't find a > way...if I tru setuid or seteuid it doesn't change the uid. > > I'm stuck for a while...any thoughts gratefully accepted! > > Cheers, > > Neil (36C - bloody hot today) ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
