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149 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this 149 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this
150 safe? 150 safe?
151 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably 151 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably
152 not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of 152 not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of
153 freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to 153 freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode
154 all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it 154 itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options
155 detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. 155 when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice.
156 Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for
157 security problems easily multiplies.
156 158
157 Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on 159 Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on
158 some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra 160 some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra
159 privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). If 161 privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is
160 rxvt-unicode doesn't support the library/setuid helper that your OS 162 planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not
161 needs I'll be happy to assist you in implementing support for it. 163 yet done.
162 164
163 So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on 165 So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on
164 your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always 166 your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always
165 remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked 167 remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked
166 for security issues regularly. 168 for security issues regularly.
1307 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1309 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1308 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1310 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1309 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1311 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1310 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1312 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1311 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1313 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1312 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1314 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1313 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1315 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1314 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1316 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1315 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1317 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1316 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1318 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1317 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1319 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1318 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n 1320 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n
1319 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1321 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1320 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1322 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1321 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). 1323 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1322 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1324 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1323 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1325 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1326 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1327 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1324 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1328 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1325 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1329 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1326 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1330 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1327 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1331 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1328 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1332 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).

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