[MPlayer-dev-eng] Mplayer 0.60pre1 drops privileges too early

Felix Buenemann atmosfear at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Jan 2 18:31:41 CET 2002


On Wednesday, 26. December 2001 12:36, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In mplayer.c the line:
>
>   setuid( getuid() ); // strongly test, please check this.
>
> breaks svga/dga driver if suid bit is set on the binary as it is advised
> in the FAQ for instance.
what's that line good for at all (maybe search through cvslog)
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Best Regards,
	Atmos
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