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Bug 123268 - Renice error message incorrect
Renice error message incorrect
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: system-monitor
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: System-monitor maintainers
System-monitor maintainers
: 95649 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-26 00:32 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2011-11-11 10:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Sebastien Bacher 2003-09-26 00:32:10 UTC 
This bug was originally reported in the Debian BTS:
http://bugs.debian.org/187099

"When attempting to renice a process (r-click -> change priority...), if you
try to decrease the nice value you get the error "you must be root to renice
a process lower than 0...", however you must also be root to _reduce_ the
nice value (according to renice man page). This leads to a confusing error
message. Solution: Mention the "you must be root to decrease a nice value of
a process or set a nice value less than zero"."
Comment 1 Kevin Vandersloot 2003-10-21 23:33:45 UTC 
*** Bug 95649 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christopher Aillon 2004-08-24 21:28:48 UTC 
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99114
Comment 3 Benoît Dejean 2004-11-27 14:17:52 UTC 
Fixed in HEAD.