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On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> > Hello, Gentoo. |
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> > |
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> > HEADS UP!!! |
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> > If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you |
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> > now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package. |
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> > This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file flag, |
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> > which causes it to run as root. |
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> > The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version |
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> > number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify users |
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> > by a NEWS item, that I can see. |
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> > The matter was fairly intensively discussed in bug #669648 in Gentoo's |
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> > bugzilla. |
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> > So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting |
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> > the suid USE flag may well be the solution. |
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> > |
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> I just got hit by this on my mythtv backend, which I only start X to |
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> configure the mythtv backend. |
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> Yes, enabling the suid USE-flag fixed it (or restored original behaviour?) |
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> Dan |
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Hi, |
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is this already known? |
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https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1055517801224396800 |
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Is it safe to run X.org suid set? |
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Cheers |
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Meino |