Re: Kate and kwrite, magic applications?

Neil Stevens <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.cafe
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On Monday August 04, 2003 06:40, Rinse de Vries wrote:
> Op zondag 3 augustus 2003 07:47, schreef Neil Stevens:
> > Behold the power of kdeinit modules.
> >
> > Try removing kwrite.so and see if kwrite can be started anymore.  It
> > should be found under lib/ or lib/kde3/
>
> Yep, that works :)
>
> But why can apps like kate and kwrite still be started if the
> administrator changes the file permissions of the binary?

Because the real app binary is the kdeinit module.  The kwrite executible 
is just a shell around the kdeinit module.  Removing a desktop file 
doesn't make an ap inaccessible either.

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Neil Stevens - [email protected]

"I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush
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