[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] adjusting nice level from config/command line

[Wojtek Kaniewski]

On Mon, 27 May 2002, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> > i know that very well. but it's not my task to make mplayer secure when
> > running as root, as my patch has nothing to do with it.
> 
> But a simple dropping of privilleges after the nice() call is simple
> enough to do that it should be included in your patch.

i can't do it because it would break DGA support with suid-root, which
is clearly described in the docs. besides, you still stubbornly discard
the patch because of some irrevelant security issues. that's EOD for me.

regards,
wojtek