SUID pid files from gnome?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Hi,

I noticed in the daily mail that some gnome pid files are SUID/SGID  
(system-tools-backends.pid). I'm puzzled why this is the case.

Bye,
Alexander.

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Checking setuid files and devices:

deskjail.leidinger.net setuid diffs:
--- /var/log/setuid.today	Mon Apr  9 03:06:47 2007
+++ /tmp/security.YiYVwt2B	Tue Apr 10 03:07:37 2007

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
  37926946 -r-xr-sr-x  1 root  mail      8664 Apr  8 20:25:36 2007  
/usr/local/libexec/camel-lock-helper-1.2
  37923519 -r-sr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     8520 Apr  8 12:18:41 2007  
/usr/local/libexec/gnome-pty-helper
  37926545 -r-sr-sr-x  1 root  wheel    45052 Apr  8 19:16:50 2007  
/usr/local/libexec/gnome-screensaver-dialog
+37923469 ---s--sr--  1 root  wheel        4 Apr  9 20:18:52 2007  
/var/run/system-tools-backends.pid



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