[mythtv-users] SUID Root

[Mario L]

No i haven't, but wouldn't I have to do that each time I launched myth?


On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:49 +1030, Matthew Phillips <mythtv at mattp.name> wrote:
> On 26/03/2005, at 12:22 PM, Mario L wrote:
> 
> > ..... and here i have been going tried running as different users,
> > with tons of different permissions.  Is there a way to run it with
> > sudo then?
> >
> > When I try, I get:
> >
> > supermario at portablemario ~ $ sudo mythfrontend
> > mythfrontend: cannot connect to X server
> 
> I believe the app has to invoke real-time prioritizing via an API -
> just running as root doesn't do that.
> 
> Have you tried upping the priority with something like "renice -5
> [mythfrontend PID]"?
> 
> Matthew
> 
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