Created attachment 900 [details] [review]
Patch for 2004-09-15-trunk

Ajax: Is the patch OK for you ?

it builds anyway.  i'll do some runtime tests in the morning.

ajax@nwnk.net wrote:
> it builds anyway.  i'll do some runtime tests in the morning.

Runtime should not be a problem (I've done some testing on SuSE8.2 so far...)
...

Patch checked-in...
/cvs/xorg/xc/ChangeLog,v  <--  ChangeLog
new revision: 1.370; previous revision: 1.369
/cvs/xorg/xc/config/cf/linux.cf,v  <--  linux.cf
new revision: 1.14; previous revision: 1.13
Mailing the commit message to xorg-commit@pdx.freedesktop.org...

... marking bug as FIXED.

Some poor fellow now has to make some documentation "how to use SUN-DES-1
authenfification on Linux" ... (well on Linux it is less difficult as on Solaris
since the Xserver always runs as "root" (on Solaris you have to "guess" the
"netname" of the Xserver process)) ... =:-)

Comment on attachment 900 [details] [review]
Patch for 2004-09-15-trunk

Requesting approval ti get this feature enabled in the X11R6.8.x branch.

The patch is now in Xorg trunk since three months without causing any trouble
so I assume it's pretty much safe to turn this feature "on" for this release.

Comment on attachment 900 [details] [review]
Patch for 2004-09-15-trunk

Approval for X11R6.8.x stable branch DENIED in the 2004-12-08 release wranglers
phone call. This is a feature which should be shipped with the next major
release (e.g. X11R6.9.0).

Comment on attachment 900 [details] [review]
Patch for 2004-09-15-trunk

Renominating for X11R6.8.x stable branch. The patch is now in Xorg trunk since
more than six month without causing any regressions or problems and I think it
would be a nice thing to have in the stable branch as such a user-to-user
authentification is very valueable for big sites and enterprise users
(MIT-KERBEROS-5 is still being broken in both X11R6.8.x and stable branch and
therefore no option... ;-( ).