There is no debate about this. It is insecure and irresponsible for
xscreensaver-auth to *not* be setuid root.
Install it setuid root, as it was designed to be, and as "make install" does by
default.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 6:57 PM Julian Gilbey wrote:
> euler:~ $ xscreensaver -no-splash
> xscreensaver-auth: 17:48:30: OOM: /proc/7427/oom_score_adj: Permission denied
> xscreensaver-auth: 17:48:30: To prevent the kernel from randomly unlocking
> xscreensaver-auth: 17:48:30: your screen via
Package: xscreensaver
Version: 6.02+dfsg1-2
Severity: normal
I observed the following:
euler:~ $ xscreensaver -no-splash
xscreensaver-auth: 17:48:30: OOM: /proc/7427/oom_score_adj: Permission denied
xscreensaver-auth: 17:48:30: To prevent the kernel from randomly unlocking
xscreensaver-auth:
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