Re: X11 should not run as root or?
Am Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 08:22:27PM -0400 schrieb Greg Wooledge:
>
> I was thinking of these changes in Stretch:
>
> * For many Intel graphics chipsets, the Stretch X server will use the
> modeset driver instead of the intel driver. The modeset driver may
> require non-free firmware (firmware-misc-nonfree) to activate features,
> even on systems which did not use this firmware under Jessie.
>
> * For some older graphics chipsets, support has been relegated to
> "legacy drivers", which require the old setuid X server to run. Install
> xserver-xorg-legacy if you require one of these drivers.
>
> Text from <https://wiki.debian.org/NewInStretch>. This may have nothing
> to do with your issue. It's just the first thing I could think of that
> could possibly be related.
>
At this point I have to ask: Is my problem reproducible?
I find it problematic that if you run startx (i3-wm) as user at tty xorg still run as root by default.
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