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On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:06:00 +0800 |
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kwkhui@××××.net wrote: |
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> > That already has a de-facto answer; USE="suid" must be on by default |
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> > as without it users cannot run a desktop (xorg-server does not yet |
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> > run without root permissions) |
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I use some hackery to run startx on some systems as a normal user on |
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linux and without suid. The only important things that break on these |
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systems is hotplugging mice etc. and which could be quite easily fixed |
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if it was worth the time. I've found a log out triggering a relaunch |
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good enough with 0 complaints for now. |
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> But(!) if one uses a login manager, xorg server would only be ever be |
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> run by root, right? |
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On Linux maybe but the default on OpenBSD is for X to run as the X11 |
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user and xdm to run as root. |
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> Hence the use flag rather than a must like, e.g., |
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> sys-apps/shadow (and the question whether the dangerous suid should be |
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> set in desktop profiles instead of default on even for hardened). |
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