[mythtv-users] SUID Root

Mario L superm1 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 01:33:08 UTC 2005


I have been trying to make mythfrontend run as SUID root, but can't
seem to have much luck.
I have already done chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend, but still
when I launch, I get interruptions when the computer runs an apache
request and I still see it using usleep in the term:

2005-03-25 20:23:18.683 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2005-03-25 20:23:18.735 Changing from None to None
2005-03-25 20:23:18.787 Enable DPMS
2005-03-25 20:24:22.566 All Programs
2005-03-25 20:24:26.664 Disable DPMS
2005-03-25 20:24:27.609 Opening audio device 'default'.
2005-03-25 20:24:28.131 Using XV port 67
2005-03-25 20:24:29.148 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2005-03-25 20:24:29.156 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2005-03-25 20:24:29.162 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2005-03-25 20:27:49.803 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2005-03-25 20:27:49.869 Changing from None to None
2005-03-25 20:27:49.913 Enable DPMS



supermario at portablemario ~ $ ls -alh /usr/local/bin/
total 2.3M
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  480 Mar 25 20:19 .
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root  344 Mar 17 23:04 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    0 Mar 17 23:04 .keep
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   29 Feb 13 00:42 findwine ->
/usr/local/winetools/findwine
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 158K Feb 10 18:36 mtd
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 474K Mar 25 20:19 mythbackend
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root  41K Mar 25 20:19 mythcommflag
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 9.4K Mar 25 20:19 mythepg
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 248K Mar 25 20:19 mythfilldatabase
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 969K Mar 25 20:19 mythfrontend
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root  15K Mar 25 20:19 mythjobqueue
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 8.4K Mar 25 20:19 mythprogfind
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root 101K Mar 25 20:19 mythtranscode
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root  15K Mar 25 20:19 mythtv
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 173K Mar 25 20:19 mythtv-setup
-rwsr-sr-x   1 root root  18K Mar 25 20:19 mythtvosd
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   28 Feb 13 00:41 wt -> /usr/local/winetools/wt210jo
supermario at portablemario ~ $


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