Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:03:22 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: joelh@gnu.org, smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com, tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted) Message-ID: <19980707160322.48541@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <27600.899788666@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 10:17:46PM -0700 References: <199807062211.RAA09001@detlev.UUCP> <27600.899788666@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 10:17:46PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> While I will agree that it does not run in a normal manner, it is not >> an infrequent operation. > >Erm, fine. So come up with an access method for X that doesn't >require this kind of security bypassing and I'm sure that everyone >will be quite pleased with you. :-) Right. Running the X servers as they're currently implemented is totally inconsistent with the aims of running in secure mode. I don't understand why anyone is suggesting otherwise. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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