[Gambas-user] direct printer port access

[Peter Moers]

I did it this way:
SHELL "echo " & txtPass.Text & "|sudo -S lptio write " & value
This works but is to slow so right now I'm trying to make a component
to control te parallel port. My knowlege of C is getting larger... :)

Sat, 8 Apr 2006 21:31:22 00200, Charlie Reinl <na2492 at ...9...>:
> >To get around my parallel port problem I learned a bit of C and made a
> >program that runs from command line and sets the pins like I want
> >them. Now I want to do:
> >SHELL "lptio 'write " & value & '""
> >But that doesn't work since I have to be root to access te port. So
> >the next thing I tried was:
> >SHELL "sudo lptio 'write " & value & '""
> >but ofcourse I can't give the password :) or can I?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> Salut,
>
> in sudoers you can declare users or a group like the followed :
>
> # Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
> # %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL
>
> # Same thing without a password
> # %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
>
> have a look in man sudoers
>
> Amicalment
> Charlie
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