On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 14:25:45 +0100 conrad berh??rster <conrad.berhoerster@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 2. November 2005 14:02 schrieb Paul Davis: > thanks paul, > > > bash-3.00# chmod ugo+s /usr/local/bin/jackd > > > bash-3.00# exit > > > bash-3.00$ ls -la /usr/local/bin/jackd > > > -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 206476 2005-11-01 15:23 /usr/local/bin/jackd > > > > this is a really, really, really bad thing to do. > yes, i have read that, because of security. but don't know a better way. > > > there is no reason to > > run jackd as root or set it up as setuid root. you should be using some > > kernel-based technique that allows you to get realtime priviledges > > without being root (capabilities on 2.4 kernels, realtime-lsm for 2.6.12 > > or lower, or the new rtlimits code for 2.6.13 or above). > since i'm using 2.6.14 , you mean set_rtlimits from > http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~jwoithe/set_rtlimits-1.1.0.tgz ? > > but if i run jack as a user, there are no capture ports, and i have tons of > xruns. Just for completeness sake: You can use the realtime lsm for 2.6.13 and above, too. I would even recommend it, since it's much less of a hassle to setup (rt_limits being the "correct" solution or not). Flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://tapas.affenbande.org
