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| -rw-r--r-- | marsond.rst | 9 |
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@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ This should work with everything that uses the keyboard. It definitely does, with SDL 1 and 2 running under X (and SDL 1 on the console, too). I don\(aqt use Wayland, so I haven\(aqt tested it there. If you do, please contact me and let me know if it works for you. +.sp +\fBmarsond\fP must be run as root. After grabbing the keyboard +and creating the virtual keyboard device, it will drop +privileges and run as the \fInobody\fP user by default (but +see \fBENVIRONMENT\fP if you need a different user). .SH OPTIONS .sp Options can be "bundled": \fB\-vf\fP is the same as \fB\-v\fP \fB\-f\fP\&. @@ -130,7 +135,9 @@ After initialization, \fBmarsond\fP will drop privileges by setting its user ID to this user\(aqs. Default: \fInobody\fP .TP .B MARSOND_GROUP -Group to run as, after dropping privileges. Default: \fInogroup\fP +Group to run as, after dropping privileges. Default: +the primary group of the user it\(aqs running as. Normally +you won\(aqt have to set this. .UNINDENT .\" EXIT STATUS . diff --git a/marsond.rst b/marsond.rst index 2df75bb..8b798c3 100644 --- a/marsond.rst +++ b/marsond.rst @@ -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 .. =========== |