[Bug 58718] Re: [Bug 58718] brltty must be started with sudo

[Samuel thibault]

Henrik Nilsen Omma, le Sun 03 Sep 2006 14:21:10 -0000, a écrit :
> Permissions in Ubuntu seem to be prganised such that brltty (the braille
> system) must always be started as root (sudo). Please consider adding a
> device type that normal users can have the appropriate permissions for
> to fix this.
> 
> $ brltty
> brltty: BRLTTY 3.7.2
> brltty: Linux Screen Driver
> brltty: Cannot open screen device: /dev/vcsa: Permission denied
> brltty: cannot read screen.

Mmm, being able to read the console is quite dangerous: via an ssh
account, it's just spying. And being able to insert keypresses on the
console is even more dangerous.

I'd suggest to rather add a brl group that would have such permissions
(so as to limit people who have such powerful permissions).

Samuel

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brltty must be started with sudo
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58718