Jan Buchal napsal(a): > HG> Hi, What is the need for speech-dispatcher to run as root? Is it > HG> possible to run it as non-root? We need to modify the > HG> speechd.conf files from a non-root program and as such run the > HG> speech-dispatcher daemon with non-root privileges. > Sure. SD can runs as root or as any other user which has access on > audio. Every user has own configuration in .speech-dispatcher directory > or if there no, then it search in /etc/speech-dispatcher > Hello,
the various ways of running Speech Dispatcher are described in http://www.freebsoft.org/doc/speechd/speech-dispatcher_9.html#SEC22 Even when running as a system-wide service, it is recommended not to run Speech Dispatcher under root, but under some special user like 'speech-dispatcher' who has only access to the appropriate log/config/pid destinations and to the audio hardware for the security reasons mentioned above. I think the Debian package for Speech Dispatcher is a good example. With regards, Hynek Hanke _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel