Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:57:27 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> To: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i am facing these issues after my FreeBSD 6.2 installation. Message-ID: <45F92697.2030505@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <20070315070345.GE50172@elvandar.org> References: <b8c16adc0703130523h6a94466chadd1184d43bbb0d8@mail.gmail.com> <45F6FFE6.8070903@passagen.se> <20070315070345.GE50172@elvandar.org>
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Remko Lodder skrev: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 08:47:50PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: >> Hello Ajay, >> >> 2. May I suggest that you get the source code for vim and compile it? >> It's available at the wonderful Vi lovers homepage at -> >> http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html >> >> 3. You could, for instance, create a small file containing the startx >> command, make sure that file is executable by doing chmod ugo+x >> <filename> and place that file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. > > That is a very bad advise imo. rc.d scripts are started by root and unless > the daemons started drop privileges, you will be running X as root, which > is not something you want to persue. Additionally; there are far better > alternatives then using these kind of solutions. > Yes, you are correct. I am so used to being root that I forgot the security aspect. I hereby retract my answer to this question. > That said; Thanks for the willingness to help someone out! It is really > appriciated and shows the power of the FreeBSD Community! > No offence taken, I am glad you pointed out my mistake. > Cheers, > Remko > >> 5. The sources are available as a package. Just install them using csup >> or any other method you prefer. >> >> Good luck! >>
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