Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:07:06 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: security@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: kde@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20011019120706.T25747@squall.waterspout.com>
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OK, so I keep getting mail every now and then from people who can't figure out why kcheckpass / kscreensaver won't authenticate their password(s). It's because I decided to play it safe and made kcheckpass non setuid root, which it needs in order to call getpwnam(). But now I'm tired of getting these emails from people who don't notice the message that kdebase spouts about it. I want to know if people think it's a safe "risk" to give kcheckpass setuid root privileges so it Just Works(tm) when people try KDE. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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