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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:47:16 -0400
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        obrien@NUXI.com
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/misc/gone Makefile ports/misc/gone/patches patch-aa
Message-ID:  <19980420094716.05218@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980420032034.47342@nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 03:20:34AM -0700
References:  <199804200442.VAA01570@freefall.freebsd.org> <19980420032034.47342@nuxi.com>

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On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 03:20:34AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:

> >   Make this port non-INTERACTIVE.  If built using:
> >   	make WITH_SETUID=yes
> >   it will install setuid root, and verify system passwords.  Otherwise,
> >   it will not.
> 
> Why not the otherway around?  xlockmore is installed suid root.

My impression is that xlockmore has been subject to more security
review than gone.  If you still think I should change it, let me
know.

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