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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] x11-base/xorg-server: No longer enabling suid by default.
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 22:34:13
Message-Id: 20200525223407.GB2256@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] x11-base/xorg-server: No longer enabling suid by default. by Piotr Karbowski
1 200525 Piotr Karbowski wrote:
2 > There are 3 common ways the xorg-server is started:
3 ...
4 > - via `startx`,
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6 That's how I've always started Xorg.
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8 > if systemd or elogind are present,
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10 I don't use those.
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12 > can work without suid, without them, suid is required.
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14 > What do you think about turning the current possible opt-out of Xorg as root
15 > into possible opt-in for running Xorg as root ?
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18 I'ld rather you didn't.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] x11-base/xorg-server: No longer enabling suid by default. Piotr Karbowski <slashbeast@g.o>