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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Installing XFree86 package via sysinstall: need X wrapper or
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Makoto Matsushita wrote:

> Let me clarify the point again:
>
> Background:
> 	1) In XFree86 3.x, the non-root users of startx(1) kick X
> 	   server without any setups, since X server is a setuid binary.

The X server is not setuid in XFree86 3.3.6, and IIRC it was not setuid
in a couple of earlier versions.

Bruce


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