Re: can't loadkeys anymore? (was Re: Linux-2.6.15.4 login errors)

[Robert Hancock]

John M Flinchbaugh wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:28:25AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:13:46AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> >  > After installing linux-2.6.15.4, attempts to log in a non-root
> >  > account gives these errors.
> >  > Password:
> >  > Last login: Thu Feb 16 08:53:20 on tty1
> >  > Keymap 0: Permission denied
> >  > Keymap 1: Permission denied
> >  > Keymap 2: Permission denied
> >  > LDSKBENT: Operation not permitted
> >  > loadkeys: could not deallocate keymap 3
> > It's coming from unicode_start
> >  > This is a RH Fedora base. Anybody know how to turn this crap off?
> > Apply updates.
> > This was fixed in kbd 1.12-10.fc4.1
>
> This still leaves the question: Why is loadkeys no longer permitted to
> set the keymap for a tty the user currently owns?  What if the user
> really does want to run loadkeys without having to be root (ie. to load
> dvorak keymap)?

I believe remapping keys on the console is no longer permitted for 
non-root users for security reasons, i.e. to prevent people from 
remapping keys so that the next person who logs in will unwittingly run 
specific commands with root privileges, etc.

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