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Re: [TCLUG:13389] Xwrapper problems



On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> >Xwrapper starts /etc/X11/X and immediately drops root privileges so many
> >of the problems associated with running X set-uid root are removed.
>         so startx -> xinit -> X -> Xwrapper -> /etc/X11/X -> XF86_SVGA ?
> 
>         does anyone else think that's a bit excessively convoluted?

For a windowing system where every graphics operation is also a socket
operation?

-Chris