Nut upsuser - Jan 2006 - Making the driver keeping root privileges

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a mean to prevent the driver to drop
root privileges through config files ?

I have seen the possibility of passing -u root to the driver command
line. But I don't see how to use it with my rc-scripts without messing
things badly.

I have also seen the RUN_AS_USER variable but it seems to apply only to
the upsmon client.

On 1/3/06, Pierre-Yves Aillet <pierreyves.aillet@free.fr>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know if there is a mean to prevent the driver to drop
> root privileges through config files ?
>
> I have seen the possibility of passing -u root to the driver command
> line. But I don't see how to use it with my rc-scripts without messing
> things badly.
>
> I have also seen the RUN_AS_USER variable but it seems to apply only to
> the upsmon client.
Maybe using the global "user = root" in "ups.conf".

--
Carlos Rodrigues

salut Pierre-Yves,

2006/1/3, Pierre-Yves Aillet
<pierreyves.aillet@free.fr>:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know if there is a mean to prevent the driver to drop
> root privileges through config files ?
>
> I have seen the possibility of passing -u root to the driver command
> line. But I don't see how to use it with my rc-scripts without messing
> things badly.
>
> I have also seen the RUN_AS_USER variable but it seems to apply only to
> the upsmon client.

 I don't know why you want to do so, apart for debugging purpose, but
it's
really a bad idea.
If it's to override an permissions problems, for example with udev, look at:
- that link for serial ports and udev:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334105

- that ones for USB:
http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/nut/scripts/hotplug-ng/Attic/?cvsroot=nut&only_with_tag=Development

Arnaud
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