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Date:      Mon, 11 May 1998 11:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      kwoody@abalone.citytel.net
To:        Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: An X question..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.980511115347.29548B-100000@abalone.citytel.net>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980511201603.malte@webmore.com>

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On Mon, 11 May 1998, Malte Lance wrote:

> 
> On 11-May-98 Keith Woodworth wrote:
> > Now according to /usr/include/sys/errno.h and error 13 is permission denied.
> > there is a symlink for X to /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86_s3 with lrwxrwxrwx
> > and xf86_s3 is rw-r-r, so since no execute bits are set I'm assuming 
> > thats why the permission denied error.
> 
> Yes.
> Assuming you are using XFree86-3.3.2, make your Xserver (XF86_s3) mode 755.
> Do NOT set it suid.
> 

Havent been able to try it yet but will soon, and yes its 3.3.2. Is
setting it suid a security risk?

Thanks
Keith


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