From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx2.holmesgrown.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17FzXU-0003wO-00 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2002 11:51:04 -0400 Received: (from steve@localhost) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g56FofS00339 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:50:41 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:50:41 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: bug in speakup Message-ID: <20020606085036.A327@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rmann@rmisp.net on Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:35:56AM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Actually, I'm glad it's that way. I generally use my machine as a normal user and don't want to have to log in as root to change these things. Don't change this! On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:35:56AM -0400, Ryan Mann wrote: > Hi. I've noticed that any user can change speakup synth parameters > whether they are root or not by editing files in the /proc/speakup > directory. > For example, if a regular user does something like echo 0 > > /proc/speakup/volume the volume of the synthesizer will be changed to > zero. > Is there any way to get around this? Thanks. > > > -- > > > Ryan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup