[maemo-developers] Root Access for GUI App

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Michael Matalon wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. how do I get it to suid root?

Set that when installing it.  See "man chmod" ("s" flag).


	- Eero

> On 3/13/07, *Eero Tamminen* <eero.tamminen at nokia.com 
> <mailto:eero.tamminen at nokia.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     ext Michael Matalon wrote:
>      > Thanks for the info, but my n800 is currently in R&D mode. I
>     would like
>      > to get my gtk app to run a command line app that needs root
>     privilleges
>      > to run... mainly because it needs to reinstall the wlan driver.
>      >
>      > Any suggestions on how to do this as painless as possible
>     (hopefully in
>      > the code of my app)
> 
>     Run the command line thing with sudo or set it suid root.
>     (note: scripts cannot be suid, only real binaries can)
> 
>     UI apps should not run as root (for several reasons).
> 
> 
>            - Eero
> 
>