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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
To: Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org>
Cc: Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid
Date: 17 May 2003 01:18:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1053127124.11920.16.camel@nosferatu.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200305170143.28145.danarmak@gentoo.org>

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On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 00:43, Dan Armak wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm adding a new local use flag for kde-base/arts: artswrappersuid. It sets 
> artswrapper suid root, which allows artsd (kde's sound server) to run with 
> realtime priority and avoid skips and clicks, but it's a security hazard, so 
> it's off by default.

Dan, isn't this something that the admin should set for himself ?
I mean, just adding a USE flag for that, even when local do sound
a bit excessive ....


Cheers,

-- 

Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa



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  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-16 23:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-16 22:43 [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid Dan Armak
2003-05-16 23:18 ` Martin Schlemmer [this message]
2003-05-17  7:48   ` Dan Armak
2003-05-17 13:48     ` Grant Goodyear
2003-05-17 16:50       ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-05-17 18:49         ` Dan Armak
2003-05-17 19:47           ` torbenh
2003-05-20  9:27       ` Václav Hůla

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