Give pthread_setschedparam() permissions to non-root user (linux)

Question

How can I give a non-root user permission to execute pthread_setschedparam() to set thread priorities?

Thank you

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 06 '18 at 14:32

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Grant the CAP_SYS_NICE capability.

This can be done either by user or by application as explained here:

edited Mar 06 '18 at 14:32

answered Dec 22 '09 at 20:18

pilcrow

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+1. Extending the answer with how to do it would be awesome. – Aug 12 '11 at 15:44
It turns out this is far from trivial. – reinierpost Jun 25 '14 at 16:13

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