I maintain zblast-svgalib, a svgalib game which has no suid bit (only sgid games). I got a bug report (#158058) complaining that the default configuration does not allow a normal user to play it. I know some other svgalib games are suid root (gravitywars, for example).
1. Does a svgalib game really require root privilege, or is rw access to some device file enough? 2. I have not audited zblast (not to mention svgalib) enough to justify suid root. Is there any good workaround[1]? A note in README.Debian about dpkg-statoverride? [1] A full audit is best, but you will get sick if you see the source of zblast. -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer PGP key (key ID F464A695) http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/pub-key.txt Key fingerprint = 6142 8D07 9C5B 159B C170 1F4A 40D6 F42E F464 A695 Better just encrypt it all in your head :-). --- Derrick 'dman' Hudson, about encryption without any physical medium
