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[Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #809067
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809067

** Also affects: lightdm (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809067
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292324

Title:
  Support non-root X

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Triaged
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in lightdm package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Support running X as an unprivileged user.

  Currently X servers are run as root means a large complex process has
  access to services it might not need (i.e. potential security and
  stability problems). It would be nice to run each X server as either
  an unprivileged user or in the session they are being used in.

  Logind provides a system for sharing access to the display and input
  devices so this can be done - this seems like the most likely
  implementation of non-root X.

  For more information see Hans de Goede request:
  http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2014-March/000539.html

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