[6228] in bugtraq
Re: x11amp playlist bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Newsham)
Wed Mar 4 19:01:46 1998
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:38:40 -1000
Reply-To: Tim Newsham <newsham@LAVA.NET>
From: Tim Newsham <newsham@LAVA.NET>
X-To: root@HARDTARGET.NU
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199803022111.WAA21967@hardtarget.nu> from "root" at Mar 2,
98 10:11:23 pm
> the setuid bug is fixed.. and making x11amp set uid root or runned by root
> will make x11amp play in realtime which will make the cpu usage even lower
> than played by a user.
Can't you just grab realtime priveledges and then throw away all priveledge?
Or even better run a seperate program that runs a restricted list of
programs with realtime scheduling but without priveledge?
> Crocodile - x11amp staff
