Difference between revisions of "Execute as a root"
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| − | + | The youBot Driver needs access to the raw ethernet device. Under Linux a normal user does not have this access. You can grand this capability to a program by the tool setcap. | |
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| + | To provide a program with raw access to a ethernet device use: (replace the ./YouBot_KeyboardRemoteControl with your program.) | ||
| + | <pre> sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep ./path_to_your_program | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 5 February 2015
The youBot Driver needs access to the raw ethernet device. Under Linux a normal user does not have this access. You can grand this capability to a program by the tool setcap.
To provide a program with raw access to a ethernet device use: (replace the ./YouBot_KeyboardRemoteControl with your program.)
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep ./path_to_your_program
