Can't run as root

[c4llv07e]

I am using system without CONFIG_MULTIUSER kernel parameter, so programs can't drop their privileges as root. I know it's not much secure, but there's a reason for that. And I want to use wshowkeys on this system.

Right now I am just patching binary to jump of this check, but it isn't very convenient solution. Can I make a PR with a flag that disables that check? Thanks.

[touero]

You've tried:

sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/wshowkeys 
sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/wshowkeys

Although some are unsafe

[c4llv07e]

You've tried:

sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/wshowkeys
sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/wshowkeys

Although some are unsafe

Still the same

# ls -lah /bin/wshowkeys 
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 39K 2025-09-18 16:35 /bin/wshowkeys
# wshowkeys
devmgr: failed to drop root

As far as I understand, it tries to drop privileges to root and check if it fails. If it succeeds, it exits with error message above. If it's already root, it doesn't change privileges.