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Message #02092
[Bug 1652857] Re: GUI should not run as root, instead should use polkit
Hi,
I'm sure there are alternatives to polkit. However, support for XWayland
with root seems like it will never be supported.
Also, I'm sure you must also agree that running a UI as root is not a
great idea in general.
Hugs received, hugs given. ;)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652857
Title:
GUI should not run as root, instead should use polkit
Status in Gufw:
Opinion
Bug description:
GUFW cannot connect to XServer as root. This is due to new security
policy in XWayland. Log attached.
The current way that GUFW's GUI runs is to login as start and operate
as root. This is a problem if the GUI tries to run with XWayland. On
modern Linux desktops, application GUI's run as the normal user and
request special permissions through other means - polkit for example.
This should be implemented for GUFW as well in order to make it work
with Wayland (XWayland) security model.
More info can be found here -
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451
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