Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:41:59 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> The underlying problem is that dmidecode needs access to kmem, and I > can't assume that the person running my configurator will be root.
But you can "su -c" (also sudo, I suppose). If that person doesn't have root, then building a kernel isn't going to do them much good.
Matthew.
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