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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] high priority task as user (nice/ionice)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:19:17
Message-Id: 20090823141914.GC22442@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] high priority task as user (nice/ionice) by Mike Kazantsev
1 Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@×××××.com> [09-08-23 16:08]:
2 > On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:20:08 +0200
3 > meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
4 >
5 > > Is there any chance to start guvcview with user rights AND to give the
6 > > application higer priorities so that whatever guvcview wants from the
7 > > system will be served as soon as possible to avoid stuttering videos?
8 >
9 > You can create a simple script, say, /usr/local/bin/capture and give
10 > permissions to lauch it as root via sudo.
11 >
12 > Script might be one-liner like
13 >
14 > #!/bin/sh
15 > exec nice -n -10 ionice -c 1 capture-command
16 >
17 > and sudo line might look like this:
18 >
19 > user ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/capture
20 >
21 > NOPASSWD here means that you just have to type
22 > 'sudo /usr/local/bin/capture' to run the script as root, no questions
23 > asked.
24 >
25 > --
26 > Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
27
28 This will give the whole 'capture-comand# the rights of root, which
29 I want to prevent (see my posting). Instead I want to give it only
30 higher priorities for I/O-usage and CPU-usage. It should still act
31 with user rights for all other puposes.
32 But thank you for your help anyway.
33
34 Best regards.
35 mcc
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43 In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.

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Re: [gentoo-user] high priority task as user (nice/ionice) Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] high priority task as user (nice/ionice) Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@×××××.com>