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Re: xsrc/46138: netbsd-6 20120303 X11 issue (post expat move)



The following reply was made to PR xsrc/46138; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: xsrc/46138: netbsd-6 20120303 X11 issue (post expat move)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:12:54 +0100

 It has been pointed out off-list that the X binary is suid root, so of
 course you won't get a core unless running X as root.
 
 So you could ssh in, su to root, and start X under gdb to get more info
 (which would work for root, even if not owning the console at that point).
 
 Martin
 


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