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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2025-05-06 15:19:59 -0400
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@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ does, with SDL 1 and 2 running under X (and SDL 1 on the console,
too). I don't use Wayland, so I haven't tested it there. If you do,
please contact me and let me know if it works for you.
+**marsond** must be run as root. After grabbing the keyboard
+and creating the virtual keyboard device, it will drop
+privileges and run as the *nobody* user by default (but
+see **ENVIRONMENT** if you need a different user).
+
OPTIONS
=======
@@ -106,7 +111,9 @@ MARSOND_USER
setting its user ID to this user's. Default: *nobody*
MARSOND_GROUP
- Group to run as, after dropping privileges. Default: *nogroup*
+ Group to run as, after dropping privileges. Default:
+ the primary group of the user it's running as. Normally
+ you won't have to set this.
.. EXIT STATUS
.. ===========