Thread: [Announce] Prey (anti-theft) for N9/N950
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2014-07-06 , 08:29
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#140
Originally Posted by nieldk View Post
its because user and developer accounts dont have the permission to access network interfaces at that level, so, on N9 (and Jolla) it must run as root.
On Jolla using sudo, You could change that, so the prey.sh doesnt need to run as root (my sudo supports permission on a per app level, supporting /ets/sudoers.d) but, on N9, I dont think sudo supports that level.
Hi.
This is what common sense says it should be. But I see the opposite.
What I am seeing in my N9 is that unprivileged users can scan all APs, and root can't.
Regards.