Re: [Gimp-user] The GIMP opens in superuser mode

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 04/05/2018 09:41 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 20:42 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote:
> > It /should/ be impossible for a program opened by a 'regular' user to
> > run in superuser mode, unless the regular user enters the root
> > password.
>
> It can happen if the program's binary is owned by the root user and is
> mode u+s (set-userid).
>
> Liam (ankh)

Yikes.

One "should" not allow this either, without a very good reason...

:D