Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:49:39 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Arizona Coyote <coyote@ratbert.aisol.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xload Message-ID: <199709101049.LAA06316@crux> In-Reply-To: <117089784@toto.iv>
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Arizona Coyote said: >Hi, > >We had this discussion on the NetBSD list a while ago. Xload does a check >to see if you are root (it's written into the source code). You can hack >the source if you want. But I just su to root in an xterm and then do a > > xload & > >It works for me. > >Mark > >On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, EMANUELE COSTA wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Could someone tell me how to make xload work under x11? >> I've tried to change the ownership group as it was suggested in >> the man pages, but it's still working only when I access the system from >> the root account. >> Thanks in advance >> EMANUELE You did set the xload binary to be setgid, as well as in the appropriate group (kmem, I seem to remember)? ie, $ chgrp kmem xload $ chmod g+s xload This definitely worked for me. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0xE8A64271 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | | -- J. S. Bach.
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