X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Ftemplates;h=117d6c40d25d8cc0734a4d3c41f3f80a8d0fdd4f;hb=refs%2Ftags%2Fdebian%2F1.2.2-21;hp=00001c633a62c78669f367bc9b0aa255d3583f55;hpb=0b72fe17e679c0b3c88448cc2fc6830d3db20f93;p=pkg%2Fbeep.git diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates index 00001c6..117d6c4 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: 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 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.