I attach a hack used in conjunction with the comments and code above. This scriptlet enables 'xlinks2' (links2 -g) to run from a script (in my case normally from bash menus), without X, with directfb, and without using suid root on the links2 binary.
It requires having the user as a member of the group used as above. (Say tty, or video). In Ubuntu Hardy for some reason the permissions on /dev/tty0 are changed during boot, presumably by configuration changes in some package that I have not identified. A work-around for this is to place this in /etc/rc.local : chown root:video /dev/tty0 (if the group chosen is 'video') The script uses a background loop and job control to return the user to the parent menu on quit from xlinks2. ** Attachment added: "Wrapper to make links2 -g run from scripts without suid" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19959148/links2-watch -- Links browser requires suid in VGA mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
