Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ "audio" group question(s)
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:57:36PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > > > dpkg-statoverride --update --add root audio 4754 \
> > > > /usr/bin/jackstart
> > > [...]
> > > If jackstart always _requires_ SUID root you should not use
> > > dpkg-statoverride but ship it SUID in the deb.
> > If it requires SUID root, then the package is almost certainly buggy.
> > Please use a privileged audio device user instead; I'm aware of no
> > reason that audio software should need general root privileges.
> Sorry to not clarify earlier - it doesn't, in fact. But for it to perform
> well (eg. realtime multitrack recording, FX-ing and mixing, it needs to
> have realtime scheduling. And this requires root privilege.
[...]
I see. In this case I'd suggest chmod with debconf (see cdrecord for
an example.)
cu andreas
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