X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/?p=pkg%2Fbeep.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Ftemplates;h=10a6d6f3ff576f4bff60108ea259f0c91402c215;hp=00001c633a62c78669f367bc9b0aa255d3583f55;hb=d82bbe9fb63cd32ec0f6e255e592264de106165d;hpb=fc55d59d9c0454650a71cf394ef3abc736e66333 diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates index 00001c6..10a6d6f 100644 --- a/debian/templates +++ b/debian/templates @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Template: beep/suid_option Type: select _Choices: suid root for all, suid root with only group audio executable, not suid at all Default: suid root with only group audio executable -_Description: How to handle suid root for beep program? +_Description: How do you want to handle suid root for the beep program? 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 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.