Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 22:56:59 +0100 (MET) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/kdebase - Imported sources Message-ID: <199711022156.WAA19972@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: Stefan Esser's message of Sat, 1 Nov 1997 06:28:22 -0800 (PST) References: <199711011428.GAA08729@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> I have not yet tested the functionality of kdm, but there seems > to be a problem with decoding the screenlock password, so it may This is because we use shadow passwords, and the KDE screensavers are installed non-setuid by default. Changing their permissions to 4555 root.wheel will make them work. However - do we really want to distribute a lot of extra setuid programs? (The correct design would have been to have a single module that checked the password.) Eivind.
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