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