>> I thought the cure for this was to set the SUID bit on the X server. I'm
>> not at home to double-check, but I believe that is what you ultimately end
>> up doing.
>>
>
>I think MB is right on this one. However, I think the newest version of
>XFree takes care of this (I believe setting the SUID bit on the Xservers
>poses some security risks).
>Brian.
Ya, I don't remember doing anything special with the latest XFree86 release
and Brian is right about the security risk.
So, the end result is to:
a) set the SUID bit on your current version
b) get the latest release and install it.
MB
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