Template: catacomb-bin/pixie-is-setuid Type: boolean Default: true Description: Install pixie setuid-root? Catacomb provides a `passphrase pixie' which prompts for passphrases (either on its terminal or using an external command) and remembers them for a configurable period of time. . For added security, the pixie can ensure that the memory it uses for passphrases is not swapped to disk. To do this, it must be installed setuid root. While the pixie has been carefully written so that this shouldn't be a security problem -- it allocates a small amount of memory, marks it as unswappable and then drops privileges immediately -- it may make some administrators nervous, so you have the option.