On 19/01/14 23:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:45:00 +0000, Mick wrote: > >> This thread confused me. I have this in my system and I have not >> changed the permissions from when it was installed: >> >> ls -la /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper >> -rws--x--- 1 root messagebus 322984 Jun 22 >> 2013 /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon- launch-helper >> >> Is the suid bit dangerous and if so what is the alternative? Should >> there be a bug filed on it? > I think what Samuli was trying to say was that the suid bit is dangerous > if you give global execute permissions to the file, because then anyone
exactly. my bad with the wording earlier.
