Re: xterm setuid root

2005-09-26 Thread Alex Prinsier
>From the man: "The wtmp file records all logins and logouts." Where does this info get used? Alex Randy McMurchy wrote: > Please read the utmp man page. Every question you ask in the message > above is answered. :-) > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://w

Re: xterm setuid root

2005-09-26 Thread Alex Prinsier
Indeed a nice work around. But I'm getting confused now that you tell me about lastlog. Aren't you talking about utmp/wtmp? What's the difference between /var/log/wtmp, utmp and lastlog? My first thought was that lastlog just keeps a log of which user logged in from where the last time. Utmp and

Re: xterm setuid root

2005-09-25 Thread Alex Prinsier
I also fail to see how that link is supposed to help me out... I don't understand why xterm needs to be setuid root. Alex Archaic wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 11:04:13PM +, Lennon Cook wrote: > >>See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/02/msg01159.html > > > I fail to see how th

xterm setuid root

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Prinsier
Does anyone know why xterm gets setuid root? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -rws--x--x 1 root root 304515 Sep 22 04:18 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm Alex -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the

gstreamer build fails

2005-09-23 Thread Alex Prinsier
Building the docs fails, here is the output: Anyone knows what could be the problem, and how I could fix it? Thanks, Alex make[3]: Entering directory `/home/lfs/build/gstreamer-0.8.10/docs/gst' *** Building HTML *** if test -d html; then rm -rf html; fi mkdir html cp ./gstreamer-docs.sgml html