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charcircuit ◴[] No.43974780[source]
Setuid binaries existing in 2025 is not acceptable. There needs to a movement to remove all of them as time and time again it's shown that it leads to severe vulnerabilities.
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1. db48x ◴[] No.43982548[source]
You can run screen as setgid instead. Fedora sets up a system group called screen and installs screen as setgid so that the multiuser functionality works but cannot be accidentally used to do things as root.