Re: kill -9 <pid of X>

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:45:32 +0100 (BST)


> > Unfortunately X is about 1Mbyte of code. Running X as root would be teetering
> > on insanity. Now setuid(0); setuid(somerandomxuid) and I'll listen
>
> Sure. Whatever. The point is that the argument is flawed. And until Jon
> starts acknowledging that the one argument that he's been carrying for a
> long time is not even remotely true, there is just no point in really even
> discussing real issues with him (and others).

There was a real issue further down my email. How do you implement SAK correctly
without kernel support for mode handling ?

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