Re: Intention to package x11amp
>>>>> "BG" == Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:
>>>>> "Larry" == Larry 'Daffy' Daffner <vizzie@mail.airmail.net> writes:
Larry> I would say to register it with suidmanager, leave it
Larry> non-suid by default, and place a notice somewhere that if
Larry> performance is an issue, it may be made setuid through
Larry> suidregister. On my K6-200, the CPU time it takes up is
Larry> pretty negligible, although I understand it may be an issue
Larry> on lesser machines :)
BG> Good idea. How exactly should I explain the use of suidmanager
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I'd put something like this:
Although x11amp is more efficient if made setuid root, doing so has
the potential of opening security holes, especially since it is a
binary-only package. Thus, it is not installed setuid by default. If
you require the additional efficency (for instance, if it skips,
or freezes) or you are aware of the security issues and consider the
risks acceptable, then you may run the following command to set x11amp
to run setuid:
suidmanager (insert required options here)
-Larry
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