ViewVC Help
View File | Revision Log | Show Annotations | Download File
/cvs/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.man.in
(Generate patch)

Comparing rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.man.in (file contents):
Revision 1.39 by root, Wed Jan 11 05:29:40 2006 UTC vs.
Revision 1.41 by root, Wed Jan 11 23:08:54 2006 UTC

127.\} 127.\}
128.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C 128.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C
129.\" ======================================================================== 129.\" ========================================================================
130.\" 130.\"
131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "rxvt 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-11" "6.3" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-11" "7.0" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133.SH "NAME" 133.SH "NAME"
134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information 134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information
135.SH "SYNOPSIS" 135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" 136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137.Vb 2 137.Vb 2
288one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with 288one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
289\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of 289\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
290encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). 290encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
291.IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4 291.IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4
292.IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?" 292.IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
293Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably 293Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not
294not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of 294bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
295freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be 295+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
296secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it 296secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
297runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. 297runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
298interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
298.Sp 299.Sp
299Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some 300Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some
300systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for 301systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for
301ptys, but some need it for utmp support). If rxvt-unicode doesn't support 302ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into
302the library/setuid helper that your \s-1OS\s0 needs I'll be happy to assist you 303a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.
303in implementing support for it.
304.Sp 304.Sp
305So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your 305So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your
306typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that 306typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
307its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues 307its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
308regularly. 308regularly.
2489Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2489Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2490do it. 2490do it.
2491.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2491.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2492.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2492.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2493Removes any support for resource checking. 2493Removes any support for resource checking.
2494.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2495.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2496Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2497version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2498~/.Xresources.
2499.Sp
2500Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2501use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2502small, if nonexistant.
2503.IP "\-\-enable\-strings (default: off)" 4 2494.IP "\-\-enable\-strings (default: off)" 4
2504.IX Item "--enable-strings (default: off)" 2495.IX Item "--enable-strings (default: off)"
2505Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other 2496Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2506various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 2497various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2507have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 2498have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries

Diff Legend

Removed lines
+ Added lines
< Changed lines
> Changed lines