Re: [gtk-list] Re: gtkrc

[Paul Barton-Davis <pbd op net>]

In message <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904151829530.25828-100000@zirx.pair.com>you write:
>
>On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Erik Mouw wrote:
>> > 
>> > Is that strictly true? What if the GTK app is suid root?
>> 
>> Is GTK safe enough to be used in suid root programs?
>> 
>
>No. Doing so would be a terrible idea (even if every effort had been made
>to make Gtk safe enough - it's a huge amount of code that has no reason to
>be suid). 

What about a program that wants to use POSIX RT scheduling ?

The stuff I'm working on is just such a beast. Its multithreaded, and
relinquishes all priviledge once its got RT scheduling established,
right now, gtk_init() is being called very early when its still euid = 0.

Should I change this ?

--p