On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 20:42 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote:
> 
> It /should/ be impossible for a program opened by a 'regular' user to
> run in superuser mode, unless the regular user enters the root
> password.

It can happen if the program's binary is owned by the root user and is
mode u+s (set-userid).

Liam (ankh)


-- 
Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/
with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read.

Click here to have the slave punished or rewarded.
_______________________________________________
gimp-user-list mailing list
List address:    [email protected]
List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
List archives:   https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list

Reply via email to