-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:10:45AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:47:54AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > 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. > > > > pobega ALL=NOPASSWD /usr/games/wesnoth > > > > And aliased in my shell: > > > > alias wesnoth 'sudo /usr/games/wesnoth' > > > > So when I run `wesnoth`, the framebuffer is automagically started and > > I'm granted root permissions just for this one operation. > > 2. Find an alternative to the SDL framebuffer. Perhaps > there's a permissions thing that could give members of > a 'gaming' group or something access to the SDL. Then > the game could run under that normal user. >
This would be my choice. But like I said, I have no clue how to give a user permissions to run the SDL framebuffer. None of the suggestions have worked for me (At the moment I'm just using `startx /usr/bin/wesnoth -f` To run the game. - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHV0Nag6qL2BGnx4QRAn3VAKCdQYYff3EuN7tI9BGBFCC3eJbhcQCcDbCQ jpn83/6wlCZsVfxn0ptVw34= =/XS6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
