On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:53:35PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
> It can't run properly without root priviledges. It's probably not
> installed suid root because suid root programs are a security risk.
It turns out that the reason it's not installed suid is that I was asked
whether to install it s
Dave Sherohman wrote:
> ---
> X-CD-Roast must run with root-permissions. Therefore you have to set
> the SUID bit. This can be done by
>
> chmod +s /usr/local/bin/xcdroast
> ---
>
> My questions remain: Can it be fooled into running without suid and, if not,
> why isn't it installed suid
Dave Sherohman wrote:
> My questions remain: Can it be fooled into running without suid and, if not,
> why isn't it installed suid?
why isn't it is probably because it doesn't need to be. for me anyways.
when i run xcdroast i su to root and run it. the less suid programs the
better.
nate
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 11:37:07AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> xcdroast claims that it _must_ run as root and needs to have suid set. The
> Debian xcdroast package installs in non-suid.
Since I've already gotten a couple off-list responses asking...
Yes, I've read README.nonroot.gz. it start
xcdroast claims that it _must_ run as root and needs to have suid set. The
Debian xcdroast package installs in non-suid.
Do the Debianites know something the program and its documentation don't? Is
it possible to make xcdroast work non-suid? If so, how? If not, why is it
installed in a nonwork
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