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From: TM <bluez@gammah.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Socket permissions
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 10:00:27 -0600

I did 
# chown root hciconfig
# chmod 4711 hciconfig 

which sets that program setUID root. This should solve that problem, but setting programs setuid root *could* cause a problem for security. Since all my bluez stuff is on a laptop that's rarely online, the risk is negligible for me.

-t.

Thor Egil Skaug wrote:
> When I use the hciconfig, hcitool, etc. applications that depend on
> raw-data hci-sockets,
> I have to be logged in as root for it to work. If not I get a permission
> denied error.
> 
> Which files do I have to alter permissions on in order for a normal user
> to do this?
> 
> I am using Linux 2.4.25, hci_usb + usb-uhci, Belkin USB dongle (CSR).
> 
> Thor
> 
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