lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2002]   [Jan]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
    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.

    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:15    [W:2.861 / U:0.096 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site