gdmflexiserver crashes X

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 02:09, Tom McLaughlin wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 00:45, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > Known bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127780.  I think
> > this has to do with the following commit:
> > 
> > Thu Sep 25 11:23:24 2003  George Lebl <jirka at 5z.com>
> >                                                                                 
> >         * daemon/errorgui.c, daemon/slave.c: be even analer (is that
> >           a word?) about the setuid stuff here (it can't actually
> >           fail, but just in case, we're being paranoid)  Also reset
> >           the environment and desetuid for the setup program even
> >           though that's not really needed.
> > 
> > I'd add your info to the bug as it's definitely lacking some details.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > <snip>
> 
> Thanks, wasn't sure if it was a problem with the port or not.  I've
> updated the report in gnome's bugzilla with the information.  I'll have
> to see if I can find a work around in the meantime, possibly sudo.  The
> only reason I have X running unnecessarilly on different machines is so
> that I can have nifty remote desktops and feel like a total geek.  :-/

A possible workaround would be to setuid root the flexiserver.

Joe

> 
> Tom
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