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Bug#380200: marked as done (xbase-clients: [xkbcomp] can't write to /var/tmp/server-0.xkm when using startx from nonroot user)

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Package: xbase-clients
Version: 1:7.1.ds-2
Severity: important

When X started using startx from normal users, Xserver and xkbcomp can't
write to /var/tmp .

Log from startx:

auth:  creating new authority file /home/baryluk/.serverauth.4017

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686
Current Operating System: Linux movax-dev 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Sat Jul 15
21:59:21 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 16 March 2006
...
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul 28 11:49:07 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2
> symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
> Error:            Cannot open "/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" to write
> keyboard description
>                   Exiting
...


The X server is working, but my keyboard layout (pl) isn't working.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

When I change permision to /var/tmp to 1755 everything is working ok.

Shouldn't we use /tmp ?

Regards,
Witek Baryluk

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to pl_PL)

Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6-15     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1              2.3.2-7      generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                2.2.1-2      FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfs6                      2:1.0.0-3    X11 Font Services library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]    6.4.2-1      A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libice6                     1:1.0.0-3    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                      1:1.0.0-4    X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.0.0-7    X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                     1:1.0.0-3    X11 authorisation library
ii  libxaw7                     1:1.0.1-5    X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxcursor1                 1.1.5.2-5    X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                    1:1.0.0-4    X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2                     2.1.8.2-8    FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                      1:1.0.0-5    X11 Input extension library
ii  libxkbfile1                 1:1.0.2-3    X11 keyboard file manipulation lib
ii  libxmu6                     1:1.0.1-3    X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxmuu1                    1:1.0.1-3    X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li
ii  libxrandr2                  2:1.1.0.2-4  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                 1:0.9.0.2-4  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1                     1:1.0.1-4    X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii  libxt6                      1:1.0.0-5    X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  libxtrap6                   1:1.0.0-3    X11 event trapping extension libra
ii  libxtst6                    1:1.0.1-3    X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  libxv1                      1:1.0.1-3    X11 Video extension library
ii  libxxf86dga1                2:1.0.0-3    X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi
ii  libxxf86vm1                 1:1.0.0-4    X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  x11-common                  1:7.0.22     X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.3-13   compression library - runtime

xbase-clients recommends no packages.

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:20:19 +0200, Witek Baryluk wrote:

> When X started using startx from normal users, Xserver and xkbcomp can't
> write to /var/tmp .
> 
> When I change permision to /var/tmp to 1755 everything is working ok.
> 
> Shouldn't we use /tmp ?
> 
No, you should change the permissions of /var/tmp to be correct, it's
supposed to be world-writable:
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 Jan  8 02:17 /var/tmp/

Quoting from the FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html):
> /var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots
> Purpose
> 
> The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require
> temporary files or directories that are preserved between system
> reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than data
> in /tmp.
> 
> Files and directories located in /var/tmp must not be deleted when the
> system is booted. Although data stored in /var/tmp is typically deleted
> in a site-specific manner, it is recommended that deletions occur at a
> less frequent interval than /tmp.

Closing this bug.

Cheers,
Julien

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