Re: Possible flaw in XFree?

From: Ross Nelson (coutcin@spydermania.com)
Date: 06/28/02 

Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:37:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: Ross Nelson <coutcin@spydermania.com>
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 strange@nsk.yi.org wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 02:34:01PM -0300, William N. Zanatta wrote:
>
> Unix/Linux is a multiuser system. If a user had the ability to lock the
> system against anyone else, I would call that a bug.
>
> As it is, a user has the ability to lock its sessions. That's the purpose
> of xlock and likes.
>
> And if the same user or another user has the ability to switch to a new
> console and start its own X server or shell, I call that a multiuser
> system.

However, the point of xlock is to lock it and prevent things like that. I
see what you're saying, but if they can do that then there's no point in
locking.

Also, have you tried opening a second X server on one box at the same
time? I haven't tried and was wondering if that'd actually work.

Ross Nelson

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