Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
- Subject: Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
- From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:11:08 -0700
Check the software update control panel, grr pref pane. Its been
addressed along with the IE problem.
Ack, at 10/19/01, Jonathan Hendry said:
On Friday, October 19, 2001, at 02:21 , Ondra Cada wrote:
Darkshadow,
Darkshadow (D) wrote at Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:11:58 -0400:
D> >I doubt it. I suspect it's due to the fact that the menu itself
D> >is owned and operated by an suid-root application....
D>
D> This looks to be the reason. You can do this with any app being run as
Yeah, it seems the Apple menu is operated by the app indeed: just try to
make an app which locks (an old good "while (1);" suffices), and the apple
menu becomes unuseable!
On the other hand, just _that_ app's menu becomes unusable. Switch to
any other application and you can access the Apple menu.
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Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
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