Re: [debian] Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-29 Thread Bram Neijt
Thanks! That has done the trick for me. I decided to go with group="messagebus" instead of user="bram". If this doesn't work for other people, please correct the additions I've made to the openmoko wiki[1] Greets, Bram [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#Using_dbus_as_a_normal_user On Fr

Re: [debian] Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-29 Thread Torsten Irländer
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:14:29PM +0100, Bram Neijt wrote: Hi Bram, > After having midori tell me I was running as root and that was bad, I > decided to give it a try. I followed the instructions on the openmoko > wiki, and now x starts, zhone starts but it seems like I'm not allowed > to do any

Re: [debian] Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-29 Thread arne anka
wiki, and now x starts, zhone starts but it seems like I'm not allowed to do anything with dbus or contact the frameworkd. My groups are: bram dialout floppy sudo audio video staff games messagebus fso does not (yet?) support groups and the current dbus access rights configuration is set up t

[debian] Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-29 Thread Bram Neijt
After having midori tell me I was running as root and that was bad, I decided to give it a try. I followed the instructions on the openmoko wiki, and now x starts, zhone starts but it seems like I'm not allowed to do anything with dbus or contact the frameworkd. My groups are: bram dialout floppy

Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-26 Thread Andreas Feldmann
Hoi, I also run a non-root system. It works pretty decent I would say. Only trouble right now: I have to start remoko as root to connect to my PC. /A Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: Stefan Monnier writes: IIUC, this basically means "never". I.e. in order to work reliably, it should

Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-26 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Stefan Monnier writes: > IIUC, this basically means "never". I.e. in order to work reliably, it > should first be made the default, and then bugs will get fixed. I am running my phone applications as non-root so I am also uncovering bugs :-) ___ Smar

Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think we may make non-root the default as soon as it works reliably. IIUC, this basically means "never". I.e. in order to work reliably, it should first be made the default, and then bugs will get fixed. Stefan ___ Smartphones-userland m

Re: Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-26 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> Dear readers, > > I was wondering if running as a normal user is going to be default in > the future or not. Currently, I'm happy running as root, but the > perfectionist in me tells me that this isn't right. > > Is "upstream", if there is something like that, going to start pushing > for a secon

Normal (non-root) user as default?

2009-01-26 Thread Bram Neijt
Dear readers, I was wondering if running as a normal user is going to be default in the future or not. Currently, I'm happy running as root, but the perfectionist in me tells me that this isn't right. Is "upstream", if there is something like that, going to start pushing for a secondary user in t