From 1766ecdfd4db86e5d022a8fb951559714eb1e6a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Teich Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:11:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add hint for suid to oom error message --- slock.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c index df2d3c6..fa7ec84 100644 --- a/slock.c +++ b/slock.c @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ dontkillme(void) die("buffer too small\n"); if (fd < 0 || write(fd, value, length) != length || close(fd) != 0) - die("cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this process\n"); + die("cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this process (make sure to suid or sgid slock)\n"); } #endif -- 2.39.2