Re: Linux /usr/bin/gnuplot overflow

[marc () SUSE DE (Marc Heuse)]

Hi!

> > /etc/rc.config and set PERMISSION_SECURITY="paranoid". That way gnuplot
>
> warning, warning.
>
> permissions.paranoid is not supported by SuSE --- it was contributed
> by me. It only fixes the problems that SuSE 5.0 had. When I have
> some time again, I will do the same work with a full install of
> SuSE 6.0.

this is true but not bad. This just means that there are no additional
programs which get the suid bit. thats okay ;-)

> At least without clear information from SuSE that /etc/permissions.paranoid
> is uptodate, I would not count on it to be _absolutely_ paranoid.
> After all, you are supposed to do your homeworks yourself, too :)
>
> Also, for it to work, it needs a few things, such as an ``xok'' group,
> etc, look at the start of that file.

no. I "xok" "trusted" etc. groups are now part of the standard SuSE
distribution

Greets,
        Marc
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