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List: freedesktop-xdg
Subject: Re: Permissions on key directories/files.
From: George <jirka () 5z ! com>
Date: 2004-03-23 16:27:02
Message-ID: 20040323162702.GA19876 () pipina ! 5z ! com
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 11:18:07PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> so while i don't really like it, putting it in ?dm and xinit (which
> would need setuid root ...) seems like the best option. of course one
> could make them call a script (Xprepare?), but i'm not sure this buys us
> that much.
So far it's two directories in /tmp that we're talking about. I wonder if
we're not getting overexcited about this. I will most definately put the
/tmp/.X11-unix creation into gdm as well (same as the ice dir). It would
also make sense if distributions had an init script that created those dirs
on boot and the /tmp cleanup script should be aware of them as well. A small
suid c program that xinit calls could also be added for those people still
using startx. Beyond that I think we're pretty set. In any case note that
putting stuff in the ?dm doesn't add any suid stuff since ... the ?dm already
runs as root anyway. I think there's no harm in doing it in many places,
especially since there are liable to be many distributions/systems which have
different setups and installations.
George
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George <jirka@5z.com>
If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber.
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