On 01/07/2020 18.32, jtharkey wrote:
> In the source I found this in daemon/main.c:
>
> if (conf->system_instance && !conf->disable_shm) {
> pa_log_notice(_("Running in system mode, forcibly disabling
> SHM mode."));
> conf->disable_shm = true;
> }
>
> I commented that out and built it, things seemed to work and work
> faster. Will commenting that out have some side effect I'm not aware of?
>
Yes, SHM mode is not safe when multiple users are using it. SHM will
give you more performance but hostile users may compromise your
PulseAudio daemon.
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