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| From | Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 |
| Date | 2015-11-24 21:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qysHg-4BO-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <qxMRI-2AZ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qxNup-2QH-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <qypgn-2AY-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <qyqcr-3aV-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <qysee-4rc-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 21:13:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian: > > On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > >> On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +0000, Brian wrote: > >>> On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 2015-11-22 at 18:52, Chris Bannister wrote: > >>>> > > >>> There are 2 reasons for this change: > >>> > >>> 1) It is needed to make Xorg run without root rights > >> > >> Do you mean that the user now needs to be root to do "startx -- vt7"? > > > > *I* don't mean anything. I was quoting what a developer said. But "no", > > the user does not have to be root. > > That's completely the wrong way around. What is the wrong way round? I've merely said root is not necessary to use startx. Surely that is not incorrect? > So far X has needed root privileges. To allow unprvileged users to run > the X servers, the binary did have the SUID bit set, which is a big > security risk. Is SUID the exactly same as being root? (Having to be root to use startx was what Vincent Lefevre more or less asked).
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Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2015-11-22 10:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-11-22 14:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-22 15:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 19:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-22 20:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 21:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-23 00:00 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-23 01:00 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-23 01:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-23 01:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-24 18:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 19:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2015-11-24 21:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 21:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2015-11-24 22:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 23:40 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 09:40 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 09:40 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-25 14:00 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 15:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-25 19:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-27 06:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-27 13:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-28 09:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-28 11:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 13:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 14:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 16:00 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-11-30 17:40 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-30 18:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-11-30 19:00 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-30 19:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-28 16:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 18:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 18:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-27 15:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-27 17:50 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-27 19:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-27 21:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-11-28 10:30 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 05:10 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 15:20 +0100
Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 16:20 +0100
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