> Eric Saxe wrote: > > > Rafael Vanoni wrote: > >> > >> Just thinking out loud here, as I don't know the code yet, but > >> decoupling the active part from the observational would solve it. If > >> the user wants to change power state conf in any way, ask for root > >> passwd. > >> > > This makes sense to me. The tool could detect when it has failed to > > make any changes (because of insufficient privledges, for example), > > and emit a helpful message. > > > > -Eric > > PowerTOP can run under two modes, dump mode and curse based > UI mode. dump mode doesn't give user a chance to change conf file. > > So, how about use dtrace privilege in dump mode for just observation > and use root priviledge in UI mode so that the friendly user interface > is not > broken?
I'd prefer the tool to give me the data in any mode without root privileges. If I'd like to follow the suggestions and fix anything it is quite another story and I would expect to either enter root password or just learn the command(s) I need to run as root to improve the situation. - alex
