| Summary: | x11-wm/xpra-0.7.1-r1 fails to start the server | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Krzysztof Magusiak <chrmag> |
| Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Michael Weber (RETIRED) <xmw> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://xpra.org/Xdummy.html | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
xpra start copies the Xorg binary into the users home,
This user should not be root and Xorg should be own root.root.
You have to grant read to the user.
See elog
einfo
elog "please make your Xorg binary readable for users of xpra"
elog " chmod a+r /usr/bin/Xorg"
elog "and think about the security impact"
einfo
Scenario 1) everybody is allowed to read Xorg
chmod a+r /usr/bin/Xorg
Scenario 2) a special group is allowed to read xorg
groupadd -r xpra
usermod -G -a xpra <username>
chgrp xpra /usr/bin/Xorg
chmod g+r /usr/bin/Xorg
#relogin
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The server does not start because it cannot read /usr/bin/Xorg. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. xpra start :7 2. xpra list Actual Results: The server is not started and the log contains: cp: cannot open ‘/usr/bin/Xorg’ for reading: Permission denied /usr/bin/xpra_Xdummy: line 11: /home/k/.xpra/Xorg: No such file or directory could not connect to X server on display ':7' after 3 seconds 2012-10-31 15:14:15,581 removing socket /home/k/.xpra/k-pc-7 Expected Results: The server should start. The permissions of /usr/bin/Xorg are set to -rws--x--x.