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Re: xastir question... suid root?



On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:46:54AM +0200, Gali Drudis i Sole wrote:
> Should Xastir not be suid root anyway if the soundmodem driver is to
> be used? I guess this is a much more serious problem. Do you know any
> way to circumvent it? I do have to use the soundcard as for the moment
> I have nothing better (I'm also a newbie at packet/APRS).

Why does it need to be suid root to use the soundmodem?

/usr/bin/call is not suid root but it can make connections.

regards
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>


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