[linux-audio-user] fluidsynth

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Guy Clotilde hat gesagt: // Guy Clotilde wrote:

> May I beg a last question: does it means that a setuid prog can
> delete important files? By example, if I setuid root a file manager
> (xftree), will it be able to delete any files ? Don't worry, I won't
> do it, just to understand.

Yes, it will be able to delete any file. Setuid software bypasses the
user-id based authentification schemes in Linux. It should only be
used, where another solution is not possible (like in passwd or in
realtime scheduling).

ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__