Yes, of course this is the case. Xwrapper is setuid root and runs a
sanitized environment (environment variables, command line, etc) for
X. Stock 4.0.1 XFree86 needs to be setuid root, but when using
Xwrapper it should not be.
Matt
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 10:14:57AM -0500, Jeff Lane wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Matt Wilson wrote:
>
> > Huh? The X server *is* running as root, Xwrapper runs it that way.
> > Adding a setuid bit would do the same thing.
>
> Actually, in order for me to get X 4.0.1 (using XFree86 and not
> Xwrapper) to run when starting it as a non-root user, I had to chmod +s
> XFree86. it was already set as group/owner root. but still would not run
> for a non-root user. adding the s bit to the permissions made it runable
> as a nonroot user.
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.. I found this out yesterday while setting up
> dualhead on my G400...
>
> cheers
>
>
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