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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Running "hddtemp" with plain user rights
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:55:54
Message-Id: 43D26532.7090802@mid.email-server.info
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Running "hddtemp" with plain user rights by Rasmus Andersen
1 Rasmus Andersen wrote:
2
3 > I get this too. stracing the hddtemp process shows that it tries to
4 > perform some ioctls on the device and get EACCESS back, probably from
5 > some uid check in the kernel.
6
7 Ah, okay, so the permissions on /dev/hda don't matter
8 that much.
9
10 Understood. Thanks!
11
12 > The check itself can probably be found but
13 > I dont have the time for that now.
14
15 Don't worry. I guess I'll have to setuid hddtemp then.
16
17 Thanks again,
18
19 Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Running "hddtemp" with plain user rights Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>