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[Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LightDM must run as root to do authentication correctly and be able to
create user session.

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Software runs as root

Status in “acpid” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “consolekit” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “devicekit” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “devicekit-disks” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “devicekit-power” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “dhcp3” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “modemmanager” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “upower” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “wpasupplicant” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Software runs as root.
  This is bad, it should not run as a superuser, it is dangerous in terms of system security. This is unsafe.
  It should safely run as a non-privileged user.

  Following the principle of least privilege.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege

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