Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-23 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:24:42PM +0200, Till Maas wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > > > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubun

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-23 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:24:42PM +0200, Till Maas wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: > > > Of course, doing so just turns

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-20 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 14:38 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: > > Of course, doing so just turns it from "

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-20 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Till Maas wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 02:38:59PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine >> > > F15Feature to aim for.  Ubuntu's been

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-20 Thread Till Maas
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 02:38:59PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: > > Of course, doing so just turns it

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-20 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: > Of course, doing so just turns it from "Running code as X gives you > root" to "Running code as X gives

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-20 Thread Andrew Clayton
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:49:33 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:28:23PM -0400, Chris Ball wrote: > > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: > > Of course, doing so just turns it from "Ru

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-19 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:28:23PM -0400, Chris Ball wrote: > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine > F15Feature to aim for. Ubuntu's been working on it too: Of course, doing so just turns it from "Running code as X gives you root" to "Running code as X gives you root th

Re: Why does X run as root?

2010-08-19 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, > Obligatory "Why does X run as root since it doesn't have to?" > thread given the exploit re-announcement. It does have to, unless you're on KMS. And if you're on KMS, it has to so that you can write to logfiles, read input devices, VT switch, and stuf

Why does X run as root?

2010-08-19 Thread Mike McGrath
Obligatory "Why does X run as root since it doesn't have to?" thread given the exploit re-announcement. -Mike -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel