On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> That's true for the install but not when the user is running the app, which
> is what I'm worried about.
> Surely, we don't need SUID just to display graphics?

For the program that's using DGA to open and mmap() /dev/mem, it has to
be root. That's part of doing DGA. That's why it's called _direct_.

Derrik Pates      |   Sysadmin, Douglas School   |    #linuxOS on EFnet
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |     District (dsdk12.net)    |    #linuxOS on OPN

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