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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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