From: TM <bluez@gammah.com>
To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Socket permissions
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 10:00:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40435E1B.7000900@gammah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000101c3ffa4$a060e550$46a57e40@thores>
I did
# chown root hciconfig
# chmod 4711 hciconfig
which sets that program setUID root. This should solve that problem, but setting programs setuid root *could* cause a problem for security. Since all my bluez stuff is on a laptop that's rarely online, the risk is negligible for me.
-t.
Thor Egil Skaug wrote:
> When I use the hciconfig, hcitool, etc. applications that depend on
> raw-data hci-sockets,
> I have to be logged in as root for it to work. If not I get a permission
> denied error.
>
> Which files do I have to alter permissions on in order for a normal user
> to do this?
>
> I am using Linux 2.4.25, hci_usb + usb-uhci, Belkin USB dongle (CSR).
>
> Thor
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-01 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-01 15:48 [Bluez-users] Socket permissions Thor Egil Skaug
2004-03-01 16:00 ` TM [this message]
2004-03-01 16:13 ` Thor Egil Skaug
2004-03-01 16:17 ` Marcel Holtmann
[not found] <BAY1-F110eiS609lcQt00003ec7@hotmail.com>
2004-03-01 17:27 ` Marcel Holtmann
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