Bug#564079: Bug#562884: proposals

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Thu, Jan  7, 2010 at 16:39:05 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > IMO either the screensaver should disable sysrq while it's locked (and
> > enable it after locking) or the screensaver shouldnt lock the screen,
> > when sysrq is enabled (and output a warning message).
>
> X screen savers don't run as root.

there could be a setuid helper binary only doing what Uli proposed in 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=562884#34

> (I assume by 'sysrq' you mean the 
> oom killer.)

yes.


cheers,
	Holger
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