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Re: Bug#352303: ITP: gsynaptics -- configuration tool for Synaptics touchpad driver of X



Hi,

On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 07:34:22AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> "Properly" is a bad word to use in this context, since the configuration
> in question seems to result in a potential security problem. From the
> xfree86-driver-synaptics README.Debian file:
...

Good point.  Here is revised control file:

Description: configuration tool for Synaptics touchpad driver of X server
 GSynaptics is a configuration tool for Synaptics touchpad driver
 of X server.  This enables you to modify driver parameters on the fly
 through GUI interface using "synclient" program as its backend.
 .
 SECURITY NOTE! This program requires you to enable the "SHMConfig"
 option in the X configuration file.  This is *not* *secure* if you
 are in an  untrusted multiuser environment.  For typical laptop PC
 environment with only one user account where this package is most
 likely to be used, risks involved can be acceptable level.
 .
 Please read /usr/share/doc/gsynaptics/README.
 



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