From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <44zihf2wt5.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <44zihf2wt5.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> From: Cong Monkey Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:33:36 +0800 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [Xenomai] Is that possible to use xenomai in multi user environment without root permission? List-Id: Discussions about the Xenomai project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: xenomai@xenomai.org, kludge@be-well.ilk.org Hi Lowell, Is there some other way different than recompile the kernel, like add user to special group or change some device's permission? it will really be easy if simple way is possible and the user need do nothing! Tks, Cong 2017-02-22 3:00 GMT+08:00 Lowell Gilbert : > Cong Monkey writes: > >> I have a center server shared by multi user which is assigned sudo >> permission for special cmd when needed. >> >> Is that possible to allow the user to run any self develop rt base >> application(the user will not attack server by this way) without root >> permission? > > Not really. Xenomai involves, among other things, making changes to the > kernel. Your user will definitely want to run his real-time application > on a system that isn't being used for anything else. The best way for > him to do that will depend entirely on what his project is. > > He can *build* his Xenomai kernel and application without any special > privileges, and might save a lot of time doing so if your server is very > fast.