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cbueche
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 Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 11:10 am Post subject: why is xterm suid ? |
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Hi all,
| Code: | ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
-rws--x--x 1 root root 249140 Jun 9 01:09 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm |
Any reason why xterm is suid ? Seems nasty to me...
Charles
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elcesar
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 11:22 am Post subject: Re: why is xterm suid ? |
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| cbueche wrote: | Hi all,
| Code: | ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
-rws--x--x 1 root root 249140 Jun 9 01:09 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm |
Any reason why xterm is suid ? Seems nasty to me...
Charles |
I suppose it's for updating the wtmp entries. Anyway, it doesn't seems to be a good idea. |
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