At 03:12 PM 5/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>> 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.
Hmmm-m-m. Thought I mentioned that. I'm using the 3.3.2 release because
that supports my Viper V330 AGP card. So, where do I go from here? Sigh. <g>
Rich
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