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Date:      Tue, 12 May 1998 01:17:26 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
To:        kwoody@abalone.citytel.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: An X question..
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980512011726.malte@webmore.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980511115347.29548B-100000@abalone.citytel.net>

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On 11-May-98 kwoody@abalone.citytel.net wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 1998, Malte Lance wrote:
>> On 11-May-98 Keith Woodworth wrote:
>> > Now according to /usr/include/sys/errno.h and error 13 is permission
>> > denied.
>> > there is a symlink for X to /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86_s3 with lrwxrwxrwx
>> > and xf86_s3 is rw-r-r, so since no execute bits are set I'm assuming 
>> > thats why the permission denied error.
>> Yes.
>> Assuming you are using XFree86-3.3.2, make your Xserver (XF86_s3) mode 755.
>> Do NOT set it suid.
> Havent been able to try it yet but will soon, and yes its 3.3.2. Is
> setting it suid a security risk?

Yes.

Malte

> 
> Thanks
> Keith
> 
> 
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Date: 12-May-98
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