Bug#507872: Can't run vlc as root

2008-12-15 Thread Christophe Mutricy
tag 507872 wontfix
thanks

   Can't run vlc as root.
  And that's a good thing.
 
 I'll do all my work as root, I don't have a regular user ! 
 I don't think  I am the only (stupid  ;-) ) who use root  to work, so 
 this maybe will help others.  
 So please let me watch my movies as root too !!!


No.

Just look at the recent security record of VLC or any media player or
any app parsing data coming from the wild (and badly intentioned)
Internet.


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Bug#507872: Can't run vlc as root

2008-12-10 Thread BogDan Vatra
On Sunday 07 December 2008 23:23:32 Christophe Mutricy wrote:
 Le Fri 05 Dec 08 à 13:03 +0200, BogDan Vatra a écrit :
  Can't run vlc as root.

 And that's a good thing.

 The 2 scenarios where root is needed (opening network port below 1024 and
 realtime priorities) are taken care with the use of vlc-wrapper.

 It is true that it isn't noted in NEWS but VLC have been outputting
 warnings when run as root for a long time.


 So if your use case is not taken care of by vlc-wrapper, please give
 more details. Else i'll add a note in NEWS and close the bug

I'll do all my work as root, I don't have a regular user ! 
I don't think I am the only (stupid ;-) ) who use root to work, so this maybe  
will help others. 
So please let me watch my movies as root too !!!




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Bug#507872: Can't run vlc as root

2008-12-07 Thread Christophe Mutricy
Le Fri 05 Dec 08 à 13:03 +0200, BogDan Vatra a écrit :
 Can't run vlc as root.

And that's a good thing. 

The 2 scenarios where root is needed (opening network port below 1024 and
realtime priorities) are taken care with the use of vlc-wrapper.

It is true that it isn't noted in NEWS but VLC have been outputting
warnings when run as root for a long time.


So if your use case is not taken care of by vlc-wrapper, please give
more details. Else i'll add a note in NEWS and close the bug

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Bug#507872: Can't run vlc as root

2008-12-05 Thread BogDan Vatra
Package: vlc
Version: 0.9.6-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Can't run vlc as root.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1 1.4p5-37+b1   ascii art library
ii  libc6  2.7-16GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0   0.99.beta16-1 colour ASCII art library
ii  libdbus-1-31.2.1-4   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6   2.3.7-2   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi00.10.9-1  Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc11:4.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-6   A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0   2.18.3-1  The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 7.0.3-6   The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-02.14.5-1  The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3   sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libqtcore4 4.4.3-1   Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4  4.4.3-1   Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl-image1.21.2.6-3   image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian1.2.13-4  Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6 4.3.2-1   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar 1.2.11-5  C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libvlccore00.9.6-1   multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libx11-6   2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6   2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1   2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxv1 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Video extension library
ii  libxxf86vm11:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  ttf-dejavu-core2.25-3Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox0.9.6-1   multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlcnone (no description available)
pn  videolan-doc  none (no description available)

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0.7.4   0.7.4-11  library for decoding ATSC A/52 str
ii  libasound2 1.0.16-2  ALSA library
ii  libass10.9.5-2   library for SSA/ASS subtitles rend
ii  libavahi-client3   0.6.23-2  Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3   0.6.23-2  Avahi common library
ii  libavc1394-0   0.5.3-1+b1control IEEE 1394 audio/video devi
ii  libavcodec51   3:20080706-0.3library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libavformat52  3:20080706-0.3ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil493:20080706-0.3avutil shared libraries
ii  libc6  2.7-16GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcdio7   0.78.2+dfsg1-3library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-31.2.1-4   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdca00.0.5-1   decoding library for DTS Coherent 
ii  libdvbpsi4 0.1.5-3.1 library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI ta
ii  libdvdnav4 4.1.2-3   DVD navigation library
ii  libdvdread30.9.7-11  library for reading DVDs
ii  libebml0   0.7.7-3.1 access library for the EBML format
ii  libfaad0   2.6.1-3.1 freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - 
ii  libflac8   1.2.1-1.2 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libfontconfig1 2.6.0-3   generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6   2.3.7-2   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi00.10.9-1  Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc11:4.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt111.4.1-2   LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls262.6.2-1   the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libhal10.5.11-6  Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libid3tag0 0.15.1b-10ID3 tag reading library from the M
ii  liblircclient0 0.8.3-3   infra-red remote control support -
ii  liblua5.1-05.1.4-1   Simple, extensible, embeddable pro
ii  libmad00.15.1b-3 MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmatroska0