[vdr] Re: set system time without root priviledges

[Simon Baxter]

>>
>> If I'm understanding the su correctly, and vdr must be run as root but 
>> the
>> date set will be done by another user, I can't see the point!  If you're
>> running vdr as root you're already running an 'untrusted' application 
>> with
>> full machine rights.  Why then switch to another user just for the date
>> set?
> It's exactly the opposite: VDR drops all root privileges, except the
> capability to set the time.
>
> S.

I'm confused.

So you run VDR as root or not??