On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 08:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 12:51:42AM -0500, Andrey Kartashov wrote:
> >
> > Hi, all!
> >
> > I'm using blackbox wm and have noticed that the styles don't set the root
> > window background because the feature is disabled by the
> >
> > epatch ${FILESDIR}/disable_rootcommand.patch
> >
> > The warning message says:
> >
> > ewarn "RootCommand is now DISABLED to close a large"
> > ewarn "security hole."
> >
> > I'm trying to think of an example that would exploit it and can't think of
> > any. Could someone, please, explain it to me?
>
> I think that's an "exercise left for the reader." Make sure you let us
> know how you did it.
>
> Regards,
> Brian
I'm not sure if you still can, but you used to be able to have your
blackbox settings in your homedir too where you might have some funny
permissions.
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