Re: setuid/setgid binaries contained in the Debian repository.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:22:17 -0400, Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> said:
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:20:08AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>> what's wrong with a low-priority debconf question with a sane
>> default?
> As long as the sane default is the safe default, which is not to be
> setgid.
Only if the game still works -- some games keep not just score
files, but saved games in the common area, and would not work as
expected if they could not write to that area.
manoj
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