[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] switch to general libdvdcss cache directory

Vladimir Mosgalin mosgalin at VM10124.spb.edu
Thu Oct 20 21:50:58 CEST 2005


Hi Rich Felker!

 On 2005.10.20 at 13:09:29 -0400, Rich Felker wrote next:

> > > Or set HOME=/root or just run as root directly or with sudo, etc...
> > 
> > Or try fixing your fucking bug properly, for a change. Drop privileges.
> 
> A program not meant to be run as suid should not drop privs. It just
> encourages idiots to make it suid..

Oh really? Have you ever heard of vidix? It doesn't require root privs
only on windows - because dhahelper doesn't work anywhere else. One may
use sudo instead of suid, but it won't solve the described problem.

-- 

Vladimir




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