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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Sound System KCM (again!)
From:       Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe () softhome ! net>
Date:       2003-12-28 20:40:20
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William Coleman (Sunday 28 December 2003 05:34)
> looking in the sources in the makefiles there is a commented section
> which sets artswrapper to  mode 755, for suid I was wondering if anyone
> in the development team would re-enable the rule. even if you arrange to
> have artswrapper in a seporate sub-package  due to the 'possible'
> security risks. perhaps serporating suid programs fom the main package
> would be useful in security restrictive envionments. artswrapper is
> designed to be suid, if you are running as root then arts server doesn't
> need the wrapper.

If it is enabled, make sure to do a UID == 0 check, and if failed, spit out a 
non-blocking error (meaning don't stop the installation just because you 
can't chmod).  I don't install KDE, or anything at all for that matter, as 
root.

Vertu sæll,

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Sigþór Björn Jarðarson (Casey Allen Shobe)
http://rivyn.livejournal.com
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