[vdr] Re: Setting time without root privileges?

[Karsten Müller <kmu@ratio.de>]

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If you only want to set the date you could do a

chmod 4755 /usr/bin/date

but this *could* turn into a security threat (if someone else 
gets access to your vdr box and if there would be a known security 
issue with date and... ... )



On Wednesday 03 July 2002 15:54, Gregoire Favre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run the minimum progs as root, is there an easy way to allow VDR to
> set the system time without running it as root?
>
> Or at least, if run by root, making the files in /video belongings to
> user xyz?
>
> Thanks you very much,
>
> 	Grégoire
> ________________________________________________________________
> http://ulima.unil.ch/greg ICQ:16624071 mailto:greg@ulima.unil.ch

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with best regards
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Karsten Mueller
Softwaredevelopment / Keyaccount Manager
RATIO Entwicklungen GmbH
Admiralitaetstr. 59
20459 Hamburg
Email: mailto:kmu@ratio.de

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