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SubjectRe: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux
On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 10:57:47PM -0500, Scott McDermott wrote:
> Marek Habersack <grendel@vip.maestro.com.pl> on Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 02:21:45AM +0100:
> > The latest X servers don't run suid root anymore and I'm personally working on
> > a library that won't run suid root as well.
>
> Eh? I just built XFree86-current, and, run throught xinit, it requires
> suid root. Using XDM does not, but I'm not sure if it does so behind
> the scenes or what...

xdm starts X as root.

OG.

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