Re: [PATCH RFC 0/1] Xorg: Add a suid root wrapper

2014-03-09 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:51:45 +0100 From: Hans de Goede hdego...@redhat.com Hi Mark, On 03/06/2014 01:23 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote: snip Oh dear, the wrapper script is back! Before you go further down this road, may I point out the privilege seperation support that we've had

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/1] Xorg: Add a suid root wrapper

2014-03-06 Thread Mark Kettenis
From: Hans de Goede hdego...@redhat.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:51:51 +0100 Hi All, Let me repeat the commit msg here as that explains it all: With the recent systemd-logind changes it is possible to install the Xorg binary without suid root rights and still have everything working

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/1] Xorg: Add a suid root wrapper

2014-03-06 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi Mark, On 03/06/2014 01:23 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote: snip Oh dear, the wrapper script is back! Before you go further down this road, may I point out the privilege seperation support that we've had in xenocara (Xorg for OpenBSD) for years now? As Ilja van Sprundel says, Xorg guys should

[PATCH RFC 0/1] Xorg: Add a suid root wrapper

2014-03-05 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi All, Let me repeat the commit msg here as that explains it all: With the recent systemd-logind changes it is possible to install the Xorg binary without suid root rights and still have everything working as it should *if* the user only has cards which are supported by kms. This commit adds a