[ltp] More Sound Problems on Thinkpad 770z with Linux mdk| Problem with APM (still a newbie)

[Tod Harter]

On Friday 31 October 2003 6:50 pm, James P. K. Gilb wrote:
> I hadn't thought of that, I have been doing su <passwd> apm -s for
> suspend for some time (becuase as a user I didn't have permissions.)  I
> did the chmod above and it works!  Hey, I answered a question and solved
> one of my own problems.
>
> BTW: Adding setuid to programs can be a dangerous thing, so use it
> sparingly.
>

sudo might be a more secure way of accomplishing the same thing if you don't 
mind typing your password. Actually I believe you can even set up sudo so it 
doesn't ask for ANY password. Not a secure configuration for most machines, 
but on a laptop probably not a problem. 

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Tod Harter
Giant Electronic Brain
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