Re: xastir question... suid root?
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:46:54AM +0200, Gali Drudis i Sole wrote:
> > Should Xastir not be suid root anyway if the soundmodem driver is to
> > be used? I guess this is a much more serious problem. Do you know any
> > way to circumvent it? I do have to use the soundcard as for the moment
> > I have nothing better (I'm also a newbie at packet/APRS).
>
> Why does it need to be suid root to use the soundmodem?
> /usr/bin/call is not suid root but it can make connections.
I think xastir needs to be suid root because it needs an AF_PACKET socket
for listening to band traffic. So it's not a soundmodem specific
requirement.
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