Security problem - sudo is needed to start kodi, why ?

[plumpsack]

Hi,

why do I need "sudo" to start kodi ?

I renamed sudo from /usr/bin/sudo and figured out that xbmc/kodi will not start anymore in the gui.

Why?

[mkreisl]

It's not a security problem

Kodi is running as user/group xbian, and this is done by sudo, see here

If you set the variable DPRIORITY=yes in /etc/default/xbmc, sudo is not used

[plumpsack]

ok, i set DPRIORITY=yes into /etc/default/xbmc but after an reboot I get an xbmc-config-error message on my screen. ?

[mkreisl]

Tell me, why do you rename sudo ???

That makes absolutely no sense, xbian-config for example (which is started per default if you log in as user xbian) is started via sudo, because root rights are required.

[plumpsack]

Tell me, why do you rename sudo ???

That makes absolutely no sense, xbian-config for example (which is started per default if you log in as user xbian) is started via sudo, because root rights are required.

And that is exactly the problem.

Why does a normal user needs "sudo" to run kodi?

[mkreisl]

And that is exactly the problem.

Which problem?

Why does a normal user needs "sudo" to run kodi?

That's the way it is