Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: xscreensaver and sonar Message-ID : <7c38e68b-316a-2b6b-1a93-c9d20f957565@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:06:24 -0800 [MC] == Marc Chamberlin <marc@marcchamberlin.com> has written: MC> [1 <multipart/mixed (7bit)>] MC> [1.1 <multipart/mixed (7bit)>] MC> [1.1.1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (base64)>] MC> On 12/21/22 19:47, Masaru Nomiya wrote: MC> > Hello, MC> > MC> > In the Message; MC> > MC> > Subject : Re: xscreensaver and sonar MC> > Message-ID : <87zgbgp1mk.wl-nomiya@galaxy.dti.ne.jp> MC> > Date & Time: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:18:27 +0900 MC> > MC> > [MN] == Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@galaxy.dti.ne.jp> has written: MC> > MC> > MC> > [...] MC> > MV>>> cd/usr/lib64/xscreensaver chown root.root sonar MC> > MC>>> chmod +s sonar MC> > MN> > # chmod u+s sonar MC> > MN> > MC> > MN> > Then? MC> > MC> > PS> isn't that the same thing? or same result? MC> > MC> > MN> Wouldn't the sonar command be executed as root if the SUID is not MC> > MN> set? MC> > MC> > In my environment. MC> > MC> > MN> > # chmod u+s sonar MC> > MC> > It works fine with. MC> Thank you Masaru Nomiya and Patrick Shanahan for your thoughts, I removed and MC> then changed the SUID bit the way Masaru suggested, but no joy. When I run the MC> sonar screensaver via xscreensaver-demo all I see is the radar screen but the MC> display of pings to other workstations and IOTs on my network do not show up. I MC> plan to dig tcpdump out and check to see if any pings are happening and if MC> replies are coming back. Have you checked the Xscreensaver: Sonar Settings? Start Xscreensaver-demo --> Settings --> Sonar Settings [...] MC> I agree, not necessary, the ownership was already root:root and MC> all the other screensaver apps are the same as well. One thing that is MC> necessary is that I run xscreensaver-demo under my own user ID, not MC> root, otherwise xscreensaver-demo complains about not being able to MC> access display::0 if ran under root. Sorry, I've got no idea. MN>> But, I checked that on Tumbleweed. MC> Unfortunately I am not using Tumbleweed, but OpenSuSE 15.4 (Boss MC> won't let me use Tumbleweed, thinks it would be to unstable and MC> changing too often) Depends on the repository settings, but in my case there are more than 100 updates every day. (^^;; This means that the company can't use it、doesn't it? Regards, --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Tim Cook, the C.E.O. of Apple, said earlier this year that he would not let his nephew join social networks. Bill Gates banned cellphone until his children were teenagers, and Melinda Gates wrote that she wished they had waited even longer. Steve Jobs would not let his young children near iPads." -- The New York Times --