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. > > > 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? > >
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