Re: I need to be root to run this script

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

kaye n wrote: 
> Hello Friends
> 
> I copied a script called backlight-brightness from the directory,
> /usr/local/bin
> of another GNU/Linux distro,
> and pasted it to the same directory of my Debian system.
> 
>  If I run it in terminal,
> kaye@laptop:~$ backlight-brightness
> backlight-brightness: You need to be root to run this script
> 
> Is it possible to be able to execute the script without being root?

We don't know. Want to show us the contents of the script?

Have you tried installing xbacklight?

-dsr-