xscreensaver need suid

Christian Sparka christian.sparka at gmx.de
Mon Mar 22 11:16:47 CET 2004


Sebastiano Pomata wrote:
> Hi all, I've noticed that the lock screen function of xfce doesn't work
> if xscreensaver is not suid. Is it the right way to make it work? Or it
> could be dangerous for security issues?
> thanks all

This is explicitly mentioned in the xscreensaver manpage. (Section
Passwords)

Christian



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