Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:50:29 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: can't loadkeys anymore? (was Re: Linux-2.6.15.4 login errors) |
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John M Flinchbaugh <john@hjsoft.com> wrote: > > This still leaves the question: Why is loadkeys no longer permitted to > set the keymap for a tty the user currently owns? What if the user > really does want to run loadkeys without having to be root (ie. to load > dvorak keymap)?
The problem is that you could possibly change keys to do evil things, then log out, leaving a trap for the next user.
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