X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Ftemplates;h=cce7826bfd059322fdb2acfa330f335345b460e6;hb=f438efb3ce3b64df78ea007fa2c321a49201e117;hp=00001c633a62c78669f367bc9b0aa255d3583f55;hpb=0b72fe17e679c0b3c88448cc2fc6830d3db20f93;p=pkg%2Fbeep.git diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates index 00001c6..cce7826 100644 --- a/debian/templates +++ b/debian/templates @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ Template: beep/suid_option Type: select -_Choices: suid root for all, suid root with only group audio executable, not suid at all +_Choices: usable for all, usable for group audio, usable only for root Default: suid root with only group audio executable -_Description: How to handle suid root for beep program? +_Description: Install beep as: beep must be run as root since it needs to access the speaker hardware. - There are several posibilities to make the program usable: Either only + There are several possibilities to make the program usable: Either only for root (no suid bit at all), executable only by users of the group audio, or usable for all. . - Because each program that is suid root is security risk this is not done - by default. However, the program is quite small (~150 lines of code) and + Since each program set as suid root can be a security risk this is not done + by default. However, the program is quite small (~150 lines of code), so it is fairly easy to verify the safety of the code yourself, if you don't - trust my judgement. + trust the package maintainer's judgement.