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[Bug 1512872] [NEW] Avoid binaries with suid bit

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From: Marcos Alano <1512872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:57:41 -0000
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Public bug reported:

I saw this news (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px
=Debian-Non-Root-X) which say Debian finally can run with X.org without
setuid binaries enabled. Is possible to do the same with Ubuntu for the
next release?

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Avoid binaries with suid bit

Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I saw this news (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px
  =Debian-Non-Root-X) which say Debian finally can run with X.org
  without setuid binaries enabled. Is possible to do the same with
  Ubuntu for the next release?

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