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Upgraded gdm packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current.
These fix a security issue where a local user may use GDM to read any
file on the system.
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
Sun Aug 24 14:36:29 PDT 2003
patches/packages/gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to gdm-2.4.1.6.
This fixes a bug where a local user may read any system file by making a
symlink to it from $HOME/.xsession-errors and using GDM's error browser
to read the file.
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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As far as I can tell this package screwed up my GDM and wouldn't let me load gnome with GDM anymore... I was testing out some Dropline stuff and upgraded the package and something must be different, someone might want to let dropline know about that.
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