Am Dienstag, 27. September 2005 17:02 CEST schrieb Oliver Fromme: > Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl_at_gmx.net> wrote: > > But now I have the problem that a regular user can't change the > > brightness: > > > > akima:~>6: sysctl -w dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness=5 > > dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness: 7 > > sysctl: dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness: Operation not permitted > > > > Is there a tunable to allow regular users to write to dev. sysctls or > > even better, a sysctl MIB security mask to assign "rights" to a > > specific MIB? > > How about using "sudo" or "super" (from ports collection)? Hmm, I never used these but I guess you have to enter the SuperUser password. I don't want any user to know that... I think I had heard of security control mechanisms for sysctl, but I can't find anything... Are there any user-writable sysctl nodes? Thanks, -Harry
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