Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:02:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net Subject: Re: user changable brightness? [Was: Re: acpi_sony - no powerd, no man page!] Message-ID: <200509271502.j8RF22Yl002495@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200509261820.05930@harrymail>
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Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> wrote: > But now I have the problem that a regular user can't change the brightness: > > akima:~>6: sysctl -w dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness=5 > dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness: 7 > sysctl: dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness: Operation not permitted > > Is there a tunable to allow regular users to write to dev. sysctls or even > better, a sysctl MIB security mask to assign "rights" to a specific MIB? How about using "sudo" or "super" (from ports collection)? Write a small script, so the user can simply type "brightness 5" or whatever, and put it under sudo/super control so it's executed as root. (Just a suggestion.) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "I learned Java 3 years before Python. It was my language of choice. It took me two weekends with Python before I was more productive with it than with Java." -- Anthony Roberts
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