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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: hostname() used in KApplication::launcher
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-07-18 15:12:40
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Geert Jansen wrote:

> I guess we don't really _need_ it. It would be nice, but, running a program
> as a different user could be considered an exceptional situation. Not
> everything is guaranteed to work. Things like system notifications, session
> management, ... won't work.

system notification etc could work. session management won't of course.
I don't think we exclude this possibility for a reason, it's just that
we need a good handling for all those issues that are coming up then first.

> > how to solve the problems attached with it?
> If there's only an AF_UNIX socket, I fear the problem is unsolvable without
> major hacks. Generally, a different uid cannot connect to it.

well, it could, but as we cannot verify who's connecting to us it's difficult
to do it secure.

> Another issues that comes to my mind: If there are multiple DCOP servers
> per display, there can be multiple DCOP servers per uid. All socket files
> in a home directory should encode the display in their name. Don't know if
> this is the case currently.

That's right, multiple displays are currently not supported. should be
fairly easy to fix I think.


Dirk

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