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From: david@sun.com (KILL THE ARTICHOKES!!!!!)
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Subject: Re: Problems using R4 xterm on sparcstation1
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Date: 6 Jan 90 02:42:20 GMT
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In article <8023@portia.Stanford.EDU> drapeau@jessica.Stanford.EDU (George
D. Drapeau) writes:
>I have LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to "/usr/local/X11R4/lib:/usr/lib"

	...

>However, if as root I unset the setuid bit for xterm (i.e., if I do
>"chmod u-s /usr/local/X11R4/bin/xterm"), then ldd shows me the shared
>libraries as I'd expect.
>
>One more thing:  if I am root, then ldd returns what I'd expect
>whether or not the setuid bit on xterm is set.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not honored for setuid programs (it would be a security
hole).

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David DiGiacomo, Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA  sun!david david@eng.sun.com