[oe] Requiring root access for windowmanagers?

Koen Kooi k.kooi at student.utwente.nl
Fri Nov 28 12:20:12 UTC 2008


Hi,

What's the consensus on requiring root access for running an OE built 
windowmanager?

Case in point: e-wm does 'renice -10', which only root is allow to do.

Proposal: remove the 'renice' so regular users can start a window 
manager as well.

regards,

Koen





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