On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote: >Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:42:53 -0800 >From: Jesse Keating <hosting@j2solutions.net> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: database front end gui > >On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:27:15 -0500 (EST) >R P Herrold <herrold@owlriver.com> wrote: > ># Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the ># root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be ># safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive ># message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the ># suid bit on the executable. xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s > >Wait a second, why in gods name is xterm suid root? It's not on my 8.0 >box, neither is my term of choice, aterm... Correct, xterm is definitely not SUID root in Red Hat Linux. It hasn't been for years. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
