On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:15:36PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:12:51AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: > > You should probably file a bug on the package, if it's not useable > > without introducing a security risk. Perhaps someone more familiar > > with the code could seperate out the part that needs special > > privileges into a seperate setuid program. > > The problem is that the ping sensor is actually a special feature, you > can use the screensaver if it's not setuid root, you just can't access > that feature.
This is the purpose of "wishlist" bugs. See bug#96677. Rob -- Kent's Heuristic: Look for it first where you'd most like to find it.