Re: Plasma with root-less X server

[Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Hi Nicholas.

Nicholas D Steeves - 05.06.20, 00:11:47 CEST:
> Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de> writes:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Since quite some time Debian defaults to X without setuid root by
> > default. See below for relevant NEWS entry for 'xserver-xorg-core'.
> > Also:
> > 
> > % ls -l /usr/bin/X
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mär 31 12:14 /usr/bin/X -> Xorg
> > % ls -l /usr/bin/Xorg
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Mär 31 12:14 /usr/bin/Xorg
> > 
> > Still for Plasma the X server is started with full root privileges:
> > 
> > % ps aux | grep '[X]org'
> > root      2570  3.4  0.9 878916 150504 tty7    Ssl+ Jun03  35:44
> > /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp -auth
> > /var/run/sddm/{3fa9520f-d081-42c7-8c59-63a42a7d91e0} -background
> > none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt7
> > 
> > Despite I believe all requirements on this system to be met. Also
> > 'xserver-xorg-legacy' package is not installed:
> > 
> > % dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg | cut -c1-78
> > ii  xserver-xorg-core                             2:1.20.8-2
> > ii  xserver-xorg-input-libinput                   0.29.0-1
> > ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom                      0.34.99.1-1+b1
> > ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel                     
> > 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
> > 
> > What is missing?
> 
> I think this is probably what you're looking for:
> 
>   https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/246

Uuuh, this has not been fixed for a very long time.

Thanks a lot for that link.

Best,
-- 
Martin