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From: hull@emily.uvm.edu (Christopher Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: news_server set uid to root
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Date: 15 Oct 89 02:14:54 GMT
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Organization: EMBA Computer Facility, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington.
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	Why does the NeWS server need to be set uid to root?  We have changed
it on one of our machines an have not run into any problems yet.

On another note, we are trying to come up with a way to change the standard
console login screen, to a more interesting display.  We want to have a
graphics (gl) program running in the background.  This will mean a NeWS
server will have to be run after someone logs out. Is there a way to
do this cleanly and elegantly? (i.e no massive system hacks)

Email-reply is fine, If there enough response I'll post a summary.

Christopher Hull
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