From owner-cvs-all Sat Oct 28 17: 6:18 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB83B37B479; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:06:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmz@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id RAA33002; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:06:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmz@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:06:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200010290006.RAA33002@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: jmz set sender to jmz@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Jean-Marc Zucconi To: Kris Kennaway Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, taguchi@tohoku.iij.ad.jp Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 pkg-message Makefile pkg-install ports/x11/XFree86-4/files patch-config_cf_Server_tmpl In-Reply-To: <20001028164136.A82537@citusc17.usc.edu> References: <200010282311.QAA13532@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001028164136.A82537@citusc17.usc.edu> X-Mailer: Emacs 20.7.1 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> Kris Kennaway writes: >> Install the X server without the SUID bit, remove the warning about the >> possible insecurity of this, and inform users about the x11/wrapper port. > It should depend on the wrapper port by default - otherwise it's not > useful:-) If the server is used with xdm, the suid bit is not required. And some people don't need a high level of security - after all no vulnerability has been found in the X server yet :-) > Don't forget to do the XFree86-4-Server ports too (weren't we planning > to make XFree86-4 into a metaport around these other ones so these > changes only need to be applied once?) I am not the maintainer of the XFree86-4-Server ports :-) [Cc'ed: to Taguchi Takeshi] Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message