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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kdesu in KRASH
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-09-23 1:47:43
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, David Faure wrote:
> > The bugreport is right :)
> Yes, sure !
> 
> > In kdesu, I use almost the same mechanism as this
> > user is suggesting. The only difference is that I create a new .Xauthority
> > instead of using the user's.
> Ok, that's what I wanted to know.

David, does this mean that we need to issue a warning (security advisory) ? 

I also like the idea of using kdesu for privileged (root) user authentication
in KRASH for all the reasons mentioned by the author/maintainer. I am for #1 as
well.

Regards,
Dawit A.

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