From b11dcb15de18b20b55f2b0ceea3df6f540c75774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Schmidinger Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:16:32 +0100 Subject: Dropped the default vdr user --- INSTALL | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8290c259..18c303cc 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ Setting the system time: ------------------------ If you want VDR to set the system time according to the data received -from the transponder, you need to start VDR as user 'root'. VDR will -then only keep the capability to set the system time, and set its -user id to a lesser privileged one ('vdr' by default, can be set -to a different value with the '-u' option). +from the transponder, you need to start VDR as user 'root'. For security +reasons you should then use the '-u' option to define a lesser privileged +user id under which VDR should actually run. It will then only keep the +capability to set the system time, and set its user id to the given one. You also need to enable the "EPG/Set system time" option in VDR's Setup menu, and select a transponder from which you want to receive the time in "Use time from transponder". Make sure you select a transponder -- cgit v1.2.3