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