On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 09:02:11PM -0500, Tommy Lakofski wrote: > Anyone know if debian is vulnerable to this, given that the setuid > /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a wrapper for the XFree86 server? > > I'd like to know before I chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/X...
Just try it. I tried it here, and found it did not work. [2:38pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> X -config /etc/shadow Fatal server error: Can't open option file /etc/shadow When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages Thanks for forwarding this Tommy. You can make sure it reaches the appropriate people by sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] too. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 3rd year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [****** ] 60% Your train has been cancelled due to defective government at Spring Street.. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
