Alexander Kolbasov wrote: > Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li at intel.com> wrote: > > Aubrey> Eric.Saxe wrote: > > >> Alexander Kolbasov wrote: > >>> Why does powertop should be run as root? If I have enough > >>> privilidges to run dtrace shouldn't I be able to run powertop > as >>> well? > >>> > >> Yes, dtrace privileges should be enough. > >> > >> -Eric > > Aubrey> er..., device driver suggestion and action need > root to touch the system > Aubrey> configuration file, like /etc/power.conf ...... > > Probably, but for just monitoring there is no real need, so it should > allow running as non-root. > > - akolb
device driver suggestion and action is a part of powertop. when it detects the system configuration is tunable for power saving, it will give a method to the user to do it. so, root need to touch configuration file. Do you have a better idea? Thanks, -Aubrey
