Simon Baxter wrote: >>>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?? > No, the idea is to run vdr as an unprivileged user and use sudo to set the time. C.
