Re: Why does X run as root?
[Posted August 25, 2010 by jake]
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| Matthew Garrett <mjg59-AT-srcf.ucam.org> |
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| Re: Why does X run as root? |
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| Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:49:33 +0100 |
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:28:23PM -0400, Chris Ball wrote:
> I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine
> F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too:
Of course, doing so just turns it from "Running code as X gives you
root" to "Running code as X gives you root the moment someone types in a
root password, even if they're on a different terminal". I accept that
this is a barrier, but the only real solution is to have each X session
run as a different user - and that requires Linux to gain revoke()
support.
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