From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jan 17 5:10:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B4337B400 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0HDA2r40800; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201171310.g0HDA2r40800@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Thomas Quinot Subject: Re: misc/33987: xfree 4 packages in 4.4-RELEASE do not set X as suid root Reply-To: Thomas Quinot Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/33987; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Thomas Quinot To: Dylan Carlson Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33987: xfree 4 packages in 4.4-RELEASE do not set X as suid root Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:54:17 +0100 Le 2002-01-17, Dylan Carlson écrivait : > >Description: > non-root cannot run X without making the server suid root. Package install should handle this? See /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4/pkg-message: ************************************************************************ * To improve security, the X server is installed without an SUID bit. * * This is suitable for use with xdm, but not with a startx script. * * If you need to use a startx script, install the x11/wrapper package. * ************************************************************************ > >Fix: Install /usr/ports/x11/wrapper -- Thomas.Quinot@Cuivre.FR.EU.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message