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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:35:09
Message-Id: 20121231163334.GA1069@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag by Alan McKinnon
1 > Walter Dnes Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 01:28:17AM -0500, wrote:
2 >> * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog
3 >> USE="suid" has been created as of December 20, 2012.
4 >> If you do not enable it, you will not be able to run startx
5 >> as a regular user. xdm and other X login managers will still work.
6
7 Thanks ! -- I'm another eccentric who starts the USE list with ' -* '.
8 Once alerted, it's easy to add it to package.use .
9
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>