[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> A simple truss command reveals that xscreensaver opens your DISPLAY with
> an euid of 0:
>
> 15560: execve("/usr/openwin/bin/xscreensaver", 0xFFBFEF3C, 0xFFBFEF44) argc
> = 1
> 15560: *** SUID: ruid/euid/suid = 21782 / 0 / 0 ***
> 15560: access("/home/casper/.Xauthority", R_OK) = 0
> 15560: open("/home/casper/.Xauthority", O_RDONLY) = 4
> 15560: getuid() = 21782 [0]
> 15560: getuid() = 21782 [0]
And exactly because of this fact, it does not work.
Jörg
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