From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 6 23:03:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02503 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:03:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02485 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:03:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id QAA07694; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:03:22 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980707160322.48541@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:03:22 +1000 From: David Dawes To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" 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) References: <199807062211.RAA09001@detlev.UUCP> <27600.899788666@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <27600.899788666@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 10:17:46PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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