[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 1029] Hard failure if socket directories cannot be chowned to root is bad

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------- Additional Comments From kem at freedesktop.org  2004-08-25 21:41 -------
(In reply to comment #8)
> At this point, the consensus appears to be to leave the test in.
> 
> What should be done for operating and file systems that do not support setuid?
> 
> One possibility would be to have a configuration option that would allow each OS
> to choose whether or not it should fail hard.

We talked about this solution during the release wranglers call today, and
agreed that adding a configuration option would be best.  Could someone who has
a system that installs non-setuid servers please create a patch that would add
the option?  Thanks!
        
   
   
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