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List:       freebsd-ports
Subject:    KCheckPass -- make it setuid root or not?
From:       Will Andrews <will () physics ! purdue ! edu>
Date:       2001-10-19 17:07:41
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:07:06PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> OK, so I keep getting mail every now and then from people who
> can't figure out why kcheckpass / kscreensaver won't authenticate
> their password(s).  It's because I decided to play it safe and
> made kcheckpass non setuid root, which it needs in order to call
> getpwnam().
> 
> But now I'm tired of getting these emails from people who don't
> notice the message that kdebase spouts about it.  I want to know
> if people think it's a safe "risk" to give kcheckpass setuid root
> privileges so it Just Works(tm) when people try KDE.

Erm, sorry about the lack of a subject...

-- 
wca

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