suid /usr/bin/Xorg?
Gian Uberto Lauri
GianUberto.Lauri at eng.it
Mon Jan 12 15:02:13 CET 2009
>>>>> "aa" == arne anka <openmoko at ginguppin.de> writes:
>> Xorg needs access to the display hardware (mmap device memory) so
>> it needs to be root. This is just the way it is. :)
aa> on all my desktops suid for /usr/bin/Xorg is unnecessary.
Yep, it's X that must be setuid root to access root-only writabe files :).
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