Lintian tag: elevated-privileges

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

This executable does not run with the identity of the user who executes
it. It runs instead with its owner ID in the file system or with its group
ID, or both.

This security-relevant setting is intentional for programs that regularly
acquire elevated privileges, such as /bin/su, but can be a significant
risk when it the setting is not intended.

Please override if needed.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: files/permissions
Renamed from: setuid-binary setgid-binary setuid-gid-binary

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