[tesla-dev] powertop and root user

[Alexander Kolbasov]

> Eric Saxe wrote:
> 
> > Rafael Vanoni wrote:
> >> 
> >> Just thinking out loud here, as I don't know the code yet, but
> >> decoupling the active part from the observational would solve it. If
> >> the user wants to change power state conf in any way, ask for root
> >> passwd. 
> >> 
> > This makes sense to me. The tool could detect when it has failed to
> > make any changes (because of insufficient privledges, for example),
> > and emit a helpful message.
> > 
> > -Eric
> 
> PowerTOP can run under two modes, dump mode and curse based
> UI mode. dump mode doesn't give user a chance to change conf file.
> 
> So, how about use dtrace privilege in dump mode for just observation
> and use root priviledge in UI mode so that the friendly user interface
> is not
> broken?

I'd prefer the tool to give me the data in any mode without root privileges. 
If I'd like to follow the suggestions and fix anything it is quite another 
story and I would expect to either enter root password or just learn the 
command(s) I need to run as root to improve the situation. 

- alex