On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 05:17 +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:06:58PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 23:25 +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > > Sorry, not "non-Debian", but "non-woody" on a woody box (backport, > > > 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody1, compiled from source). > > > > Hmmm, they don't look like setuid : > > > > # dir /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-02-02 11:52 /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > -> /usr/X11R6/bin/X Free86 > > > > # dir /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1745740 2004-12-15 13:19 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > > > > > > Should I do: > > # chmod 4000 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > > Well, something's slightly different, because on my box > /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a 7k-odd binary; looks like it reads > Xwrapper.config and execs the main binary, but it's definitely setuid > root. So is the original file in the build directory, and the one in > the xserver-common .deb. And the debconf templates file in the > xserver-common .deb mentions the X server running with superuser > privileges. So I don't think that by endorsing your above chmod > suggestion I'm suggesting anything dangerous... just the equivalent of > how it is on my box, which I'm pretty sure is the way it's intended to > be. It's more of a puzzle to me why yours isn't setuid to begin with. It was a few days ago! This got me back to running as an NPU: # chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 Thanks. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors." Waldi Ravens
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