NEWBIE: setuid diffs?

[Rob Pitt]

$pkg_which /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
xterm-200_2 xorg-clients-6.8.2 xterm-202

If you updated any of these ports, or any other port that includes that xterm 
binary this would cause the mssage. All it means is that the file has 
changed, It warns you SUID (permissions set so the file always runs as a 
specific user - usually root) files have changed incase a hacker puts trojan 
programs on your system. If you have updated or rebuilt any of the above 
ports the message can be safely ignored (this is almost certinaly what 
happened). Hope this helps.

- RP

On Friday 30 September 2005 16:19, David Armour wrote:
> hello.
>
> some recent root mail output that i would like some translation for, or
> direction where to begin to find out:
>
> Gateway.fbsd_dfa.org setuid diffs:
> 10c10
> < 1042185 -rws--x--x  1 root  wheel     252796 May 11 08:04:17
> 2005 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
> ---
>
> > 1040675 -rws--x--x  1 root  wheel     252956 Sep 23 07:44:21
>
> 2005 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
>
> TIA.
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