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Hi, I wrote a program in C that retrieves CPU temperature by accessing a port. This program works fine while logged in as the super user(root) but fails when logged ...
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    [SOLVED] user program with root privilege

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    I wrote a program in C that retrieves CPU temperature by accessing a port. This program works fine while logged in as the super user(root) but fails when logged in as a user(non-root). My question is, how do I set this program up so that all users can run it?....Gerard
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    As root, you will have to set the SetUID bit for your application so that is has sufficient rights even if started by ordinary users.

    Users and Groups - The GNU C Library

    Be careful.
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