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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:43:08AM +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Sindi,
> 
> > I did some web searching.  To make programs work that say that do not have
> > I/O permission and involve svgalib (seejpeg, zgv, bmv, links2 graphical)
> > cd to where they are (or add the path name) and type:
> > 
> > chmod u+s seejpeg
> > (or substitute for seejpeg the other non-working programs)
>  
>    That sets user ID on execution.
>    And it works !     
> 
>    Thank you Sindi.   :)
> 
> Regards,
>         Ron

What does it mean to set user ID on execution?

Is running links2 this way any more secure than running it as root?

I am thinking that I will have to use the 'user' account with a regular 
Xserver instead of Xvesa in order to get Realaudio to install, and also to 
make rxvt work.  Is there some way to set .xinitrc to choose between X 
servers?  I only know to ln -s Xvesa X but that would require all users 
including root to use the same X server (Xvesa).  Steven suggested using 
different .xinitrc's for root and user to choose between window managers.