From 5becb9b43d7a8e07405b4009e4c19abcfa9dd3b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Affolter Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:44:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add box --- .../_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown index 27e0c6e5184..22299aedb60 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ device_tracker: As some BT LE devices change their MAC address regularly, a new device is only discovered when it has been seen 5 times. Some BTLE devices (e.g. fitness trackers) are only visible to the devices that they are paired with. In this case, the BTLE tracker won't see this device. -BTLE tracking requires root privileges. +

+BT LE tracking requires root privileges. +

For running Home Assistant as non root user we can give python3 the missing capabilities to access the bluetooth stack. Quite like setting the setuid bit (see [Stack Exchange](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/96106/bluetooth-le-scan-as-non-root) for more information).