Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK

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DateTue, 22 May 2012 22:20:38 +0000
From Fons Adriaensen <[hidden] at linuxaudio dot org>
ToAdrian Knoth <[hidden] at drcomp dot erfurt dot thur dot de>
Cc[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org
In-Reply-ToAdrian Knoth Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK
Follow-UpRobin Gareus Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK 
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:09:58PM +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote:

> setcap(8) can be used to flag a certain executable (here: jackd) with
> CAP_SYS_NICE, and that's it.

Possible since +/- 2.6.25 IIRC. 

You'd also need CAP_IPC_LOCK, and without a login, all jack
apps and anything else running RT and/or locking memory would
need those caps as well.

Ciao,

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