Hi. From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Xpert]DGA requires SUID/root access??? Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:51:07 -0800 (PST)
[...] > > Otherwise, game developers will be forced to be root just to make games > > (unrealistic on multiuser systems). And if the game isn't written well, SUID > > will leave users with a glaring security problem. IMHO, this SUID issue must > > be "fixed" soon. > > How about we remove DGA from the X-server? Works for me. The > fix is immediate, complete, and removes alot of other issues as well. But please do this after the 4.2.0 release, we are waiting for! (Is there a new roadmap out?) It would be really nice if the XFree people could write version numbers on real tar-balls (like the gcc poeple seem to do now)! Currently everybody has another CVS version running and nothing is compareable :-(. Beside from the fact that I do not whant to have a CVS version running on production machines ... > Mark. k33p h4ck1n6 Ren� -- Ren� Rebe (Registered Linux user: #248718 <http://counter.li.org>) eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://drocklinux.dyndns.org/rene/ Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network traffic and computing time. By extracting my address from this message or its header, you agree to these terms. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
