Simon Baxter wrote:
If I'm understanding the su correctly, and vdr must be run as root but the date set will be done by another user, I can't see the point! If you're running vdr as root you're already running an 'untrusted' application with full machine rights. Why then switch to another user just for the date set?
It's exactly the opposite: VDR drops all root privileges, except the capability to set the time.
S.
I'm confused.
So you run VDR as root or not??
No, the idea is to run vdr as an unprivileged user and use sudo to set the time.
C.