RE: how to run as ume user in Xephyr?
I requested this change some time ago, and I think the reason that John was against it was that the ume user is not guaranteed to exist when Image Creator is used for other versions of Linux. This could be an option--the user could select the default user for a particular project or target. Aaron >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ubuntu-mobile- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Villalovos, John L >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:30 PM >To: Spencer, Bob; Kyle Nitzsche; Loïc Minier >Cc: ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; Karur Mohan, Prajwal >Subject: RE: how to run as ume user in Xephyr? > >Spencer, Bob wrote: >> Do you think defaulting to user "ume" is OK? It has an >> advantage for me in that I can setup my home environment >> including adding media content and it will be the same on the >> Q1. I think we talked about this once and decided against it, but I >> can't remember why. Bob > >I don't see a problem with it. Not sure if anybody else has an option. > >If you want to commit a fix or send me a patch, then we can do it. > >John > >-- >Ubuntu-mobile mailing list >Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
RE: how to run as ume user in Xephyr?
Spencer, Bob wrote: > Do you think defaulting to user "ume" is OK? It has an > advantage for me in that I can setup my home environment > including adding media content and it will be the same on the > Q1. I think we talked about this once and decided against it, but I > can't remember why. Bob I don't see a problem with it. Not sure if anybody else has an option. If you want to commit a fix or send me a patch, then we can do it. John -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
RE: how to run as ume user in Xephyr?
John, Do you think defaulting to user "ume" is OK? It has an advantage for me in that I can setup my home environment including adding media content and it will be the same on the Q1. I think we talked about this once and decided against it, but I can't remember why. Bob Kyle Nitzsche wrote: > Thanks for the info, Loic. > > If it were made more straightforward (maybe even the default), folks > would be more likely to run as ume user in Xephyr target, which might > help unearth bugs. > > Kyle > > > > On Jan 17, 2008, at 7:16 AM, Loïc Minier wrote: > >>Hi Kyle, >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2008, Kyle Nitzsche wrote: >>> Anyone know how to launch target in Xephyr as ume user, not root? >> >> This is something I do regularly, but which is very hackish. >> >> First, I have an ume user on my host; it has uid 1001. >> >> Second, the ume user is usually created by ume-config-common in the >> targets but with first available uid of 1000. I change this uid in >> /etc/passwd and /etc/group in the /targets//fs chroot. >> >> Third, I'm fixing the Xephyr startup to run as ume: >> - I install xserver-xephyr manually as root >> - I start dbus manually in the chroot as root and comment this out >> of the ume-xephyr-start script >> - I make sure that /tmp is bind mounted (image-creator does this >> automatically I think) as well as /home (for Xauthority) >> >> CAUTION: if you bind mount /home, make sure you unmount it before >> removing your target, or you could cause image-creator to rm -rf >> your home >> >> This works well for me, but should be made more easy. Also, this >> doesn't plug the current hole that Xephyr is run with -ac in the >> script, but that's not an issue on single user systems. >> >> -- >> Loïc Minier >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-mobile mailing list >> Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: how to run as ume user in Xephyr?
Thanks for the info, Loic. If it were made more straightforward (maybe even the default), folks would be more likely to run as ume user in Xephyr target, which might help unearth bugs. Kyle On Jan 17, 2008, at 7:16 AM, Loïc Minier wrote: >Hi Kyle, > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008, Kyle Nitzsche wrote: >> Anyone know how to launch target in Xephyr as ume user, not root? > > This is something I do regularly, but which is very hackish. > > First, I have an ume user on my host; it has uid 1001. > > Second, the ume user is usually created by ume-config-common in the > targets but with first available uid of 1000. I change this uid in > /etc/passwd and /etc/group in the /targets//fs chroot. > > Third, I'm fixing the Xephyr startup to run as ume: > - I install xserver-xephyr manually as root > - I start dbus manually in the chroot as root and comment this out of > the ume-xephyr-start script > - I make sure that /tmp is bind mounted (image-creator does this > automatically I think) as well as /home (for Xauthority) > > CAUTION: if you bind mount /home, make sure you unmount it before > removing your target, or you could cause image-creator to rm -rf > your > home > > This works well for me, but should be made more easy. Also, this > doesn't plug the current hole that Xephyr is run with -ac in the > script, but that's not an issue on single user systems. > > -- > Loïc Minier > > -- > Ubuntu-mobile mailing list > Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: how to run as ume user in Xephyr?
Hi Kyle, On Wed, Jan 16, 2008, Kyle Nitzsche wrote: > Anyone know how to launch target in Xephyr as ume user, not root? This is something I do regularly, but which is very hackish. First, I have an ume user on my host; it has uid 1001. Second, the ume user is usually created by ume-config-common in the targets but with first available uid of 1000. I change this uid in /etc/passwd and /etc/group in the /targets//fs chroot. Third, I'm fixing the Xephyr startup to run as ume: - I install xserver-xephyr manually as root - I start dbus manually in the chroot as root and comment this out of the ume-xephyr-start script - I make sure that /tmp is bind mounted (image-creator does this automatically I think) as well as /home (for Xauthority) CAUTION: if you bind mount /home, make sure you unmount it before removing your target, or you could cause image-creator to rm -rf your home This works well for me, but should be made more easy. Also, this doesn't plug the current hole that Xephyr is run with -ac in the script, but that's not an issue on single user systems. -- Loïc Minier -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
