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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-10-17 07:28:31 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-10-17 07:28:31 -0400 |
| commit | ea91baeb669d27961717b98da3074e39da5badee (patch) | |
| tree | fa58d9999fb2c68e2be3e4160f76639a9d42a3e7 /gpsdctl.xml | |
| parent | fd48fee4c78f49bab10edb1fd10299296cf2e48a (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-ea91baeb669d27961717b98da3074e39da5badee.tar.gz | |
Allow gpsdctl to run as non-root.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsdctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsdctl.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gpsdctl.xml b/gpsdctl.xml index f667c933..b72d2767 100644 --- a/gpsdctl.xml +++ b/gpsdctl.xml @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ client requests a watch.</para> <para>Two environment variables are interpreted. <envar>GPSD_SOCKET</envar> sets the location of the -control socket. It defaults to <filename>/var/run/gpsd.sock</filename>.</para> +control socket. It defaults to +<filename>/var/run/gpsd.sock</filename> if the effective user ID of +this program is root, <filename>/tmp/gpsd.sock</filename> +otherwise.</para> <para><envar>GPSD_OPTIONS</envar> may be a list of options to be passed to <application>gpsd</application> |