While I agree that it could cause some PR trouble, I don't see how this is our problem. It's not like anyone blames the software makers for windows security issues... > > If you install the IDE as setuid root, then every user starting the > IDE will run the IDE as if he were root. That means he can open and > modify every single file on the system. And overwrite any binary with > an own written program by just configuring the proper exe output > directory in the IDE. > > And by using the shell functionality of the IDE, he can also open a > root shell if that's more comfortable for him than using the IDE itself. > > > Jonas > _______________________________________________ > fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel >
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