[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1713313] Re: Unable to launch pkexec'ed applications on Wayland session

2018-08-09 Thread Sebastian Parschauer
At scanmem/GameConqueror we handle this like GParted. Setting this to invalid as no other security model fits our need. Btw.: OpenSUSE Leap 15 managed to provide Wayland with proper pkexec permissions so that GameConqueror runs unchanged on Wayland. ** Changed in: scanmem (Ubuntu) Status: N

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1713313] Re: Unable to launch pkexec'ed applications on Wayland session

2017-09-04 Thread Sebastian Parschauer
The Python/GTK3 GUI GameConqueror uses libscanmem for memory scanning with /proc/$pid/mem or ptrace(). Root privileges are required because of the Yama security module and its ptrace_scope set to 1. To bypass that, scanmem/GC would have to run the target application. That architecture change canno