Bug#872376: Wayland session does not configure Xwayland authorization; cannot run apps as root

2017-08-17 Thread Josh Triplett
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 01:22:52PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 02:48:42PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > [...] > > Personally, I'd suggest the second approach, but either would work. > > Personally I consider it a feature that you're not able to run > gui applications

Bug#872376: Wayland session does not configure Xwayland authorization; cannot run apps as root

2017-08-17 Thread Andreas Henriksson
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 02:48:42PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: [...] > Personally, I'd suggest the second approach, but either would work. Personally I consider it a feature that you're not able to run gui applications as root under wayland session. Modern applications should really implement priv

Bug#872376: Wayland session does not configure Xwayland authorization; cannot run apps as root

2017-08-16 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: gnome-session Version: 3.24.1-2 Severity: normal [Reporting this on gnome-session, but it may belong on another component; please feel free to reassign.] The new Wayland-based session runs Xwayland for compatibility with X applications, but does not configure any authorization that would