On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Lorenzo Canovi wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I'm new to this mailing list, so hope that this question is on-topic. If
> not please reply directly to my address.
>
> There is any good reason to have the setuid-bit in the xterm and nxterm
> programs?
They support a feature to redirect console message from the kernel to the
window which requires root priviledge (well, that's the case for xterm.
I'd assume it holds for nxterm too). If you can live without this specific
feature, I'd assume you can simply remove the setuid-bit.
The basic terminal emulation in X window functionality does not need root
priviledge.
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