200621 Piotr Karbowski wrote: > Title: xorg-server dropping default suid ... > The Gentoo X11 Team is announcing that starting with 15th of July, > the x11-base/xorg-server will no longer default to suid > and will default to using logind interface instead. This change > makes xorg-server run as regular user rather than root by default, > however those who do not have any logind interface provider > -- either systemd or elogind -- will need to enable either > to make it possible to run X session as unprivileged user. > No action is required from systemd and desktop profile users, > since systemd provides logind interface > and desktop profile already enables 'elogind' USE flag globally. > Rest of the non-systemd users is required to globally enable > 'elogind' USE flag and apply it by 'emerge --newuse @world', > after which, re-login is required so that PAM can allocate seat. > One can confirm that a seat has been assigned upon login by running: > $ loginctl user-status > Those who for whatever reason want to preserve current state, > while heavily discouraged, > can still use x11-base/xorg-server with 'suid -elogind'.
Gentoo Wiki says : elogind is the systemd project's logind, extracted to a standalone package. It's designed for users who prefer a non-systemd init system, but still want to use popular software such as KDE/Wayland or GNOME that otherwise hard-depends on systemd. startx integration : To have an elogind session created when using startx to start the X server (instead of a display manager), add the following to the user's ~/.xinitrc file : FILE ~/.xinitrc exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session <WINDOW_MANAGER> WINDOW_MANAGER in the above example needs to be replaced by a window manager or a single application. I want to use 'startx' to start X , because I don't want to be trapped if some problem arises with X or KDE or the login manager & I need to change config files or remerge pkgs (etc) to rescue myself. With 'startx' I can do all that work from raw TTYs with no problems, as I am not forced to go into an X session if I don't want to. I don't want to use 'systemd', as I want to run a traditional UNIX version of Linux + KDE (or Fluxbox) for a simple single-user desktop system. Why is running 'xorg-server' as root "heavily discouraged" ? -- I've been doing that with Gentoo for > 16 yr without any problems. AFAIK there are no problems re exploits via I/net browsers, which are started by my user as all such user software always is. What might go wrong, if I continue to 'startx' with 'xorg-server' merged with 'suid -elogind' & without the '.xinitrc' line show above in the Wiki ? Are there any other Gentoo users who have the same preferences as me ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatcadotinterdotnet
