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diff --git a/accessibility/ydotool/README b/accessibility/ydotool/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..82fea36211cb --- /dev/null +++ b/accessibility/ydotool/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +ydotool (send fake keyboard/mouse events to the kernel) + +ydotool is an automation tool, similar to xdotool, but it doesn't +require X. It can be used to send input to console or wayland +applications, as well as X. + +ydotool works differently from xdotool. xdotool sends X events +directly to X server, while ydotool uses the uinput framework of Linux +kernel to emulate an input device. + +To use ydotool, the user must have read/write access to /dev/uinput. +On Slackware, this means ydotool would need root access. This +SlackBuild installs ydotool setuid root, but only users in the +'console' group can run it. Since 'console' users can already use the +real keyboard and mouse, it doesn't seem like a huge security risk to +let them send fake events. If this bothers you, run the script with +SETUID=no in the environment to disable it. |