From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07531381FA for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:49:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5202EE006E; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED5FE0652 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:48:01 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgsKAG6Zu09MCqA5/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIIWAQU6HDMLLgEFEhQlJBOIDroJiwhagUABgj9iA4hChHyHXIVfiDqBWIMHgTo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210968139" Received: from 76-10-160-57.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([76.10.160.57]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 2012 01:48:00 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:47:47 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:47:47 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag Message-ID: <20121231064747.GC2646@waltdnes.org> References: <20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: f83f4fbb-ab5e-4895-b84f-5fc4867fdaff X-Archives-Hash: ea6d7cf92fdaf1d7a60dd98eae1f2929 On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 01:28:17AM -0500, wrote > > * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog USE="suid" > has been enabled as of December 20, 2012. If you do not enable it, > you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. xdm and other > X login managers will still work. Let me re-phrase that. A USE="suid" flag has been created. If you do not enable it, you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications