I am interested in this feature, just not working on it :) >From what I understand reading the comments here the correct place to do this is inside session-child.c - i.e. run the X server process after dropping privileges but before the session is run. A new XServerInSession class will probably have to be made so LightDM is happy though the work will be done inside session-child.c. This will probably be a bit odd in the LightDM architecture, so some refactoring is probably suggested to make these changes fit in a bit better (though that can be done later).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292324 Title: Support non-root X Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Debian: Confirmed Status in lightdm package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Support running X as an unprivileged user. Currently X servers are run as root means a large complex process has access to services it might not need (i.e. potential security and stability problems). It would be nice to run each X server as either an unprivileged user or in the session they are being used in. Logind provides a system for sharing access to the display and input devices so this can be done - this seems like the most likely implementation of non-root X. For more information see Hans de Goede request: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2014-March/000539.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1292324/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
