CSS Negotiation question

[Matthew Gabeler-Lee]

Every other linux dvd player out there needs to run as root to do key
negotiation, even though my user has read/write privs on the device.
The programs don't just bitch about being non-root, they actually get
failed ioctls.  Vlc, on the other hand, works like a charm.  Does it
install some suid helper program or something?  I find it quite bizarre
that vlc can do key negotiation as non-root when nothing else can.  OK,
come to think of it, oms can do the key stuff as non-root, I think, but
most others can't.  This isn't a problem with vlc at all, just a point
of curiosity for me.

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	-Matt

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