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Date:      Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:52:16 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net>
Cc:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/audio/arts Makefile
Message-ID:  <xzpd67vrpqn.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <4044D371.7030803@bis.midco.net> (Peter Schultz's message of "Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:33:21 -0600")
References:  <20040302153831.GK13724@sirius.firepipe.net> <200403021553.i22Frvhr030302@green.homeunix.org> <20040302161147.GK27008@FreeBSD.org> <20040302175511.GD1377@lum.celabo.org> <4044D371.7030803@bis.midco.net>

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Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net> writes:
> I've always assumed XFree86 to be inherently insecure.  I just found
> these SUID files outside base on my machine:
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm

needs setuid to record sessions in utmp / wtmp / lastlog.

> /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver

needs setuid to verify your password when you unlock.

> /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper-4

'pkg_delete -r wrapper-\*' (unless you absolutely must use startx)

> /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-pty-helper

probably needs setuid for the same reason as xterm.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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