On Sat 24 Sep 2016 at 20:38:50 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 23 Sep 2016 at 17:36:11 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> I don't think I shall be pointing a user to this wiki page in its
> present state.
~/.xessionrc as the primary file for configuring startup of X is not
only not necessary but has a disadvantage from an administrator's
point of view.
> System-wide configuration of the Debian X session consists
> mainly of options inside the /etc/X11/Xsession.options file,
> and scripts inside the /etc/X11/Xsession.d directory. These
> scripts are all dotted in by a single /bin/sh shell, in the
> order determined by sorting their names. Administrators may
> edit the scripts, though caution is advised if you are not
> comfortable with shell programming.
Correct, but it neglects an aspect of ~/.xessionrc integration into
Debian's X which renders any editing of Xsession.options by an
adminstrator ineffective. Essentionally, 50x11-common_determine-startup
has
if [ -z "$STARTUP" ]; then
if has_option allow-user-xsession; then
for STARTUPFILE in "$USERXSESSION" "$ALTUSERXSESSION"; do
There is no corresponding restriction in 40x11-common_xsessionrc and a
user can put what she wants in ~/.xessionrc. Security is first designed
in and then designed out.
To be fair, the documentation is hazy on this and it is probably a bug.
But surely the purpose of a wiki page is not only to fit and explain the
official documentation but, where necessary, expand on it and even
correct it.
The existence of ~/.xessionrc appears to cause more problems than it
purportedly solves.
--
Brian.
