> Is it possible that your 5.2 brltty executable was > set-uid root? Were you perhaps starting it with systemd, which would've run > it as root?
If either of these was true, the details were hidden from me. The only difference I'm aware of is that before, I used apt-get install, ran brltty (without sudo) and brltty worked. This time I did not use apt-get install, and brltty doesn't start up properly unless I preface the command with sudo. On 7/18/16, Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: > [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 15:12 -0500] > >>But why might I need to run as root now, when I didn't need to do so with >> 5.2? > > I'm sure that you did. Is it possible that your 5.2 brltty executable was > set-uid root? Were you perhaps starting it with systemd, which would've run > it > as root? > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of > God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
