Public bug reported: GUFW cannot connect to XServer as root. This is due to new security policy in XWayland. Log attached.
The current way that GUFW's GUI runs is to login as start and operate as root. This is a problem if the GUI tries to run with XWayland. On modern Linux desktops, application GUI's run as the normal user and request special permissions through other means - polkit for example. This should be implemented for GUFW as well in order to make it work with Wayland (XWayland) security model. More info can be found here - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451 ** Affects: gui-ufw Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: polkit security wayland xwayland ** Attachment added: "gufw cannot open X display as root as per security policy" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652857/+attachment/4797363/+files/gufw.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gufw Developers, which is subscribed to Gufw. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652857 Title: GUI should not run as root, instead should use polkit Status in Gufw: New Bug description: GUFW cannot connect to XServer as root. This is due to new security policy in XWayland. Log attached. The current way that GUFW's GUI runs is to login as start and operate as root. This is a problem if the GUI tries to run with XWayland. On modern Linux desktops, application GUI's run as the normal user and request special permissions through other means - polkit for example. This should be implemented for GUFW as well in order to make it work with Wayland (XWayland) security model. More info can be found here - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gui-ufw/+bug/1652857/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
