-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/03/07 10:47, Michael Pobega wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:17PM +0100, Dan H wrote: >>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Jostein Elvaker Haande >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> erik ALL=(ALL) ALL >>>> I've always heard people discouraging root logins or "su" and using >>>> sudo instead. I know how sudo works and how to fine-tune system access >>>> with it, but is the above suggestion in any way different or safer >>>> than a root login? >>>> --D. >>> >>> Using sudo the way Jostein suggested is just as open to problems as >>> logging in as root is, and should be avoided at all costs. Sudo was made >>> to save the user from hassle, for example, to play Wesnoth I need to >>> have access to the SDL framebuffer, but since you need to have root >>> permissions to access it I granted myself permissions just to Wesnoth. >> Wouldn't it be better to just give the "games" group rw access to >> the SDL framebuffer, and add yourself to the games group? > > > Perhaps that would be a better approach, how would I go about doing > that? I've no clue how to grant rw access to the SDL framebuffer, which > is why I didn't try it that way (That was the first thought to cross my > mind)
Googling "sdl framebuffer" indicates that what you really mean is "how do I grant group write privs to the Linux framebuffer". What does "ls -aFl /dev/fb*" show you? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVFf2S9HxQb37XmcRAvQGAJ99vzTNafYStR1oH2ap4nUHfe+eWACdGobu fLPB0Zpkp/fI58dViplAG94= =HvL8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
