Bug 5595

Summary:	Default X permissions
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Solomon Matthews <proximo>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	1.2
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Description Solomon Matthews 2002-07-25 20:45:40 UTC

Root cannot start X applications when su'ing from a user's X session. 
Using 'xhost +' or similar fixes it but this is not an ideal or intuitive solution. 

Please accept my apologies if this is an intentional security feature, but if
'rm -rf' is OK I really don't mind the odd unauthorized X app.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-07-25 21:12:38 UTC

gentoo tries to install everything with minimal security allowances, and this 
is no exception ... xfree really shouldnt allow anything unless the user wants 
it to ...

i for one prefer the 'disabled by default' approach gentoo takes to everything

Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-27 11:00:47 UTC

do not use 'xhost +', but rather put 'xhost local:root' in the users's .xinitrc
or .xsession if he wants root to have access to his Xsession by default.