Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:23:23 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gdmflexiserver crashes X Message-ID: <1071818602.30952.18.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1071818600.1360.3.camel@compass> References: <1071802604.58179.20.camel@compass> <1071812734.30952.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1071817748.1278.17.camel@compass> <1071817755.30952.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1071818600.1360.3.camel@compass>
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--=-MPMTTzOLjuzepEOF1xOw Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 02:23, Tom McLaughlin wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 02:09, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 02:09, Tom McLaughlin wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 00:45, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >=20 > > > > Known bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D127780. I t= hink > > > > this has to do with the following commit: > > > >=20 > > > > Thu Sep 25 11:23:24 2003 George Lebl <jirka@5z.com> > > > > = =20 > > > > * daemon/errorgui.c, daemon/slave.c: be even analer (is tha= t > > > > a word?) about the setuid stuff here (it can't actually > > > > fail, but just in case, we're being paranoid) Also reset > > > > the environment and desetuid for the setup program even > > > > though that's not really needed. > > > >=20 > > > > I'd add your info to the bug as it's definitely lacking some detail= s. > > > >=20 > > > > Joe > > > >=20 > > > > <snip> > > >=20 > > > Thanks, wasn't sure if it was a problem with the port or not. I've > > > updated the report in gnome's bugzilla with the information. I'll ha= ve > > > to see if I can find a work around in the meantime, possibly sudo. T= he > > > only reason I have X running unnecessarilly on different machines is = so > > > that I can have nifty remote desktops and feel like a total geek. :-= / > >=20 > > A possible workaround would be to setuid root the flexiserver. > >=20 > > Joe > >=20 > > >=20 > > > Tom >=20 > Here's what I just did: >=20 > [root@compass:ttyp1 bin]# chmod +s gdmflexiserver > [tom@compass tom]$ gdmflexiserver -xnest > =20 > (gdmflexiserver:1353): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running > setuid or setgid. > This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper > program instead. For further details, see: > =20 > http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html > =20 > Refusing to initialize GTK+. Oh, right, it's GTK+. Try setuid'ing Xnest. Joe >=20 >=20 > The process won't start as suid. --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-MPMTTzOLjuzepEOF1xOw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/4qdqb2iPiv4Uz4cRAo2WAKCb4ILopHcFbFysypWyA+I8m+eE4wCfawku uvdFn/KOcfx6tdAmxxHsLgo= =39Kh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-MPMTTzOLjuzepEOF1xOw--
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