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 8A90E1381FA for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB388E0158; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B20BE0478 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6A2B2EA1BB for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:33:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3Ydz9XMjhkRO for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:33:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [199.91.208.113]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7EF912EA2A6 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:33:34 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:33:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:33:34 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag Message-ID: <20121231163334.GA1069@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org> <20121231064747.GC2646@waltdnes.org> <50E1454E.8000509@gmail.com> <20121231100340.1ce165ea@khamul.example.com> 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: <20121231100340.1ce165ea@khamul.example.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 38d2832d-a50e-450b-95de-1a8c2445b21f X-Archives-Hash: def0e59786f29dacf1decc756b17ba0f > Walter Dnes Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 01:28:17AM -0500, wrote: >> * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog >> USE="suid" has been created 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. Thanks ! -- I'm another eccentric who starts the USE list with ' -* '. Once alerted, it's easy to add it to package.use . -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca