[5491] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat4.0 security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Thu Nov 21 18:48:44 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:42:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Chris Evans wrote:
> My Colgate indeed has that suid root (Xfree86-3.2 installed). I agree it
> is in no way needed; root should be the only person needing to run it,
> and root doesn't need things suid root :-)
>
> Chris.
>
> PS Let's see how many suid-bit removals these discussions can cause :)
/usr/X11R6/bin/SuperProbe is number one
Erik
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