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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
To: Dan Armak <danarmak@g.o>
Cc: Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 23:18:09
Message-Id: 1053127124.11920.16.camel@nosferatu.lan
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid by Dan Armak
1 On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 00:43, Dan Armak wrote:
2 > Hello everyone,
3 >
4 > I'm adding a new local use flag for kde-base/arts: artswrappersuid. It sets
5 > artswrapper suid root, which allows artsd (kde's sound server) to run with
6 > realtime priority and avoid skips and clicks, but it's a security hazard, so
7 > it's off by default.
8
9 Dan, isn't this something that the admin should set for himself ?
10 I mean, just adding a USE flag for that, even when local do sound
11 a bit excessive ....
12
13
14 Cheers,
15
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17
18 Martin Schlemmer
19 Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
20 Cape Town, South Africa

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