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| 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 "2006-01-07" "6.3" "RXVT-UNICODE" |
132 | .TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-09" "6.3" "RXVT-UNICODE" |
| 133 | .SH "NAME" |
133 | .SH "NAME" |
| 134 | RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information |
134 | RXVT 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 |
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| 267 | .Sp |
267 | .Sp |
| 268 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
268 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
| 269 | probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a |
269 | probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a |
| 270 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
270 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
| 271 | might encounter the same issue. |
271 | might encounter the same issue. |
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272 | .IP "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?" 4 |
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273 | .IX Item "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?" |
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274 | You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR |
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275 | now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
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276 | runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them, |
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277 | except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should |
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278 | be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in |
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279 | the future) depends on it. |
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280 | .Sp |
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281 | You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources |
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282 | system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful |
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283 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
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284 | \&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
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285 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
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286 | .Sp |
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287 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal |
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288 | one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with |
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289 | \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
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290 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
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291 | .IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4 |
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292 | .IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?" |
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293 | Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably |
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294 | not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of |
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295 | freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be |
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296 | secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it |
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297 | runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. |
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298 | .Sp |
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299 | Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some |
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300 | systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for |
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301 | ptys, but some need it for utmp support). If rxvt-unicode doesn't support |
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302 | the library/setuid helper that your \s-1OS\s0 needs I'll be happy to assist you |
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303 | in implementing support for it. |
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304 | .Sp |
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305 | So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your |
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306 | typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that |
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307 | its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues |
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308 | regularly. |
| 272 | .IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 |
309 | .IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 |
| 273 | .IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" |
310 | .IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" |
| 274 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
311 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
| 275 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
312 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
| 276 | .Sp |
313 | .Sp |
