Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-07-01 Thread Peter Cordes
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 11:22:42PM -0700, Simon Kirby wrote: > It's probably possible for something to overflow an X packet or something > in the middle and obtain root by opening a new shell and issuing > commands, or maybe it's even possible for X clients to fake keystrokes to > other windows, bu

Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-07-01 Thread Peter Cordes
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 11:22:42PM -0700, Simon Kirby wrote: > It's probably possible for something to overflow an X packet or something > in the middle and obtain root by opening a new shell and issuing > commands, or maybe it's even possible for X clients to fake keystrokes to > other windows, bu

Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-06-30 Thread Robert Vazan
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:22:42 -0700 Simon Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I actually do this, and have been since when I was running Slackware > 2.2. > It takes some scripting and moving things around, What do you have to move around? > but I run X as root and > run each application (mozilla,

Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-06-30 Thread Robert Vazan
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:22:42 -0700 Simon Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I actually do this, and have been since when I was running Slackware > 2.2. > It takes some scripting and moving things around, What do you have to move around? > but I run X as root and > run each application (mozilla,

Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-06-30 Thread Simon Kirby
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 02:43:46PM +0200, Robert Vazan wrote: > Is it possible to run all programs including clients (browser, mp3 > player, compiler, ...) under separate accounts just like servers? Would > it be possible to add this as an option when installing the system? > > The problem I have

Re: Accounts for client programs

2003-06-30 Thread Simon Kirby
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 02:43:46PM +0200, Robert Vazan wrote: > Is it possible to run all programs including clients (browser, mp3 > player, compiler, ...) under separate accounts just like servers? Would > it be possible to add this as an option when installing the system? > > The problem I have

Accounts for client programs

2003-06-29 Thread Robert Vazan
Is it possible to run all programs including clients (browser, mp3 player, compiler, ...) under separate accounts just like servers? Would it be possible to add this as an option when installing the system? The problem I have there, I am developer (but not debian developer) and I have full write a

Accounts for client programs

2003-06-29 Thread Robert Vazan
Is it possible to run all programs including clients (browser, mp3 player, compiler, ...) under separate accounts just like servers? Would it be possible to add this as an option when installing the system? The problem I have there, I am developer (but not debian developer) and I have full write a