Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:45:50 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@citusc.usc.edu>, 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 Message-ID: <200010290845.BAA62299@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:06:14 PDT." <200010290006.RAA33002@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200010290006.RAA33002@freefall.freebsd.org> <200010282311.QAA13532@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001028164136.A82537@citusc17.usc.edu>
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In message <200010290006.RAA33002@freefall.freebsd.org> Jean-Marc Zucconi writes: : 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 :-) While this may be a sarcastic remark, there have been bugs found in XFree86 4.0's X server that lead to root. 4.0.1 fixed them, but I greatly fear a setuid X server. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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