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Date:      Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:36:17 +0200
From:      Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: user changable brightness? [Was: Re: acpi_sony - no powerd, no man page!]
Message-ID:  <200509281436.25131@harrymail>
In-Reply-To: <200509271502.j8RF22Yl002495@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200509271502.j8RF22Yl002495@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Am Dienstag, 27. September 2005 17:02 CEST schrieb Oliver Fromme:
> 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=3D5
>  > 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)?

Hmm, I never used these but I guess you have to enter the SuperUser=20
password. I don't want any user to know that...

I think I had heard of security control mechanisms for sysctl, but I can't=
=20
find anything...

Are there any user-writable sysctl nodes?

Thanks,

=2DHarry

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