Re: tlug: Question

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 29 May 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>     Scott> mandatory.  For example, anything that uses svgalib must be
>     Scott> run as root or made setuid, and even making it setuid
>     Scott> doesn't work for some of the programs...
> 
> This isn't Linux, this is any Unix system where the console is used
> for non-administration work.
> 
>     Scott> my wife root access on our computer at home so she can play
>     Scott> Lemmings under the Amiga emulator.
> 
> :-)  Not just because she wanted root access?
> 
> Why don't you fix svgalib?

Isn't it a kernel issue whereas you must be the superuser to access the
console video directly?

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