[ut2004] UT2004 and text to speech

EC zybhjk at verizon.net
Wed Jul 7 13:25:42 EDT 2004


i dont think it is a good idea (security wise) to have a regular user have root privs to something like killall.  it might depend on your particular situation, maybe this is not a problem for you.

//eli

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 07:50:54 +0200
nurgle at gmx.de wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 09:29:36AM +0100, Andrew Colvin wrote:
> > Ryan, it would be nice to have an error or warning and possibly switch it off 
> > if the device specified does not exist.
> 
> Yes, that would be nice.
> 
> As a workaround here is my ut2004 start script for those who don't have
> speechd constantly running:
> 
> ----- snip -----
> #!/bin/sh
> sudo killall speechd
> sleep 1
> sudo speechd
> sleep 1
> /mnt/dosd/ut2004/ut2004
> sleep 1
> sudo killall speechd
> ----- snap ----
> 
> Not very elegant I know, but it works. However you need to configure sudo
> correctly before using it. See man sudo and man sudoers.
> 
>    bye...
>          Andreas Micklei
> 



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