[buug] mapped io

Ian Zimmerman itz at speakeasy.org
Wed Dec 19 12:32:30 PST 2001


johnd> This program will only run as root...(It must be compiled with
johnd> the -O flag or it wont work) In linux, can a program access
johnd> port memory directly with out being run as root?

No, but you can always use

1/ the setuid bit (dangerous)
2/ sudo
3/ (on debian) super

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