https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91071
Bug ID: 91071
Summary: XWayland security settings prohibits applications
running as root from connecting by default
Product: Wayland
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: XWayland
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
QA Contact: [email protected]
Hi.
It seems the security changes in XWayland prevents applications running as root
from connecting. The users will have to run xhost +LOCAL: in order to run a
graphical application as root
There are a few graphical applications that run as root (Some applications I
can think of is ubiquity (The Ubuntu installer) and synaptic),
These applications, even ones that are built against a toolkit that supports
Wayland, connect to X because most *sudo applications strip out
$WAYLAND_DISPLAY by default (along with all other variables).
Is there a way to whitelist root by default, if it makes sense to do so? It
makes sense to keep the other users out though...
Most Wayland servers I think currently allow applications running as root to
connect. (including Weston)
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