Hi Nicholas. Nicholas D Steeves - 05.06.20, 00:11:47 CEST: > Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> writes: > > Hi! > > > > Since quite some time Debian defaults to X without setuid root by > > default. See below for relevant NEWS entry for 'xserver-xorg-core'. > > Also: > > > > % ls -l /usr/bin/X > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mär 31 12:14 /usr/bin/X -> Xorg > > % ls -l /usr/bin/Xorg > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Mär 31 12:14 /usr/bin/Xorg > > > > Still for Plasma the X server is started with full root privileges: > > > > % ps aux | grep '[X]org' > > root 2570 3.4 0.9 878916 150504 tty7 Ssl+ Jun03 35:44 > > /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp -auth > > /var/run/sddm/{3fa9520f-d081-42c7-8c59-63a42a7d91e0} -background > > none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt7 > > > > Despite I believe all requirements on this system to be met. Also > > 'xserver-xorg-legacy' package is not installed: > > > > % dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg | cut -c1-78 > > ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2 > > ii xserver-xorg-input-libinput 0.29.0-1 > > ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.34.99.1-1+b1 > > ii xserver-xorg-video-intel > > 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 > > > > What is missing? > > I think this is probably what you're looking for: > > https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/246
Uuuh, this has not been fixed for a very long time. Thanks a lot for that link. Best, -- Martin