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Re: [gpsd-dev] geoclue/gnome-bluetooth integration


From: Bernd Zeimetz
Subject: Re: [gpsd-dev] geoclue/gnome-bluetooth integration
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:27:22 +0100
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On 01/09/2012 06:31 PM, Alban Browaeys wrote:
> I started a local update to gecolue-gpsd and adding a long standing
> missing feature for to integrate with gnome-bluetooth/geoclue. That is
> add the ability to add a bluetooth device to gpsd when it is added by
> the user.
> 
> I seem to have lost all hope to be able to be able to let the user be
> able to register a new device to gpsd . Ie it seems the only way is to
> talk to the gpsd.sock which is by the manpage told to be root only.
> Does this means gpsd is designed to force admins to provide root access
> to its users owning a bluetooth device ?

Unix permissions apply to unix sockets and it is possible to give gpsd a
specific group to run as. Members of that group should be able to write
to the socket... (not tested, though).


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