Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:47:01 -0700 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.berkeley.edu> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> Cc: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>, "Maxim M. Kazachek" <stranger@sberbank.sibnet.ru>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X not suid root in 4.6.1-RC2? Message-ID: <20020725234701.GA1703@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <3D408C44.3080708@cream.org> References: <20020725103641.U18384-100000@sbk-gw.sibnet.ru> <3D3F7AF3.8030202@cream.org> <20020725041956.GA75402@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20020725112036.GB4236@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <3D408C44.3080708@cream.org>
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Thus spake Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>: > I understand the need to avoid installing suid binaries wherever > possible, it is just slightly confusing that as a non-xdm user it's > never explained what you need to do to get X working after you install it. das@HAL9000:/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4> uname -rs FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE das@HAL9000:/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4> cat 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. * ************************************************************************ * If XFree86-4 is not a basic part of your operating system, add the * * following line to /etc/make.conf: XFREE86_VERSION=4 * ************************************************************************ > I think it'd be nice if sysinstall told you, or if xinit understood what > is needed if the X server isn't suid root. Definitely. I actually haven't used sysinstall in a while, so I don't know whether it installs the wrapper by default, or if that's even an option. > Thanks for everyone's help, I'll see if I can find a way to make this a > little clearer for new users. Great! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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