Hello Andreas Henriksson,
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 05:35:35PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> Hello Helge Kreutzmann,
>
> Sorry if my comments sounded too negative, some more reasoning below.
No problem.
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 04:35:47PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Hello Andreas Henr
Hello Helge Kreutzmann,
Sorry if my comments sounded too negative, some more reasoning below.
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 04:35:47PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Andreas Henriksson,
> I'm a bit puzzled by your e-mail. Simon asked me to provide some text,
> Chris prodded me and Davide and Si
Hello Andreas Henriksson,
I'm a bit puzzled by your e-mail. Simon asked me to provide some text,
Chris prodded me and Davide and Simon reviewed my text (which does not
imply that it is perfect or so).
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 05:56:14AM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> Hello Helge Kreutzmann,
>
Hello Helge Kreutzmann,
I'm skeptical how relevant it is to document how X and ssh works
in the _su_ manpage, but either way since you're patching the
manpage this is something you want to send upstream for review if
you think it's worth persuing and my opinion doesn't count there.
As always to i
Hello Davide,
hello Simon,
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 09:53:48PM +0200, Davide Prina wrote:
> On 09/08/2018 21:06, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>
> >+Use a separate X display (e.g. "Switch User" in GNOME, or the equivalent
> >fast-user-switching feature in other desktop environments),
>
> here probably
On Thu, 09 Aug 2018 at 21:06:37 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> +Further by default
> +.B su
> +does not allow the commands to access the current X display.
This is perhaps misleading: su isn't allowing or denying anything, it's
the X server that isn't allowing other users to access it. Perhaps
On 09/08/2018 21:06, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
+Use a separate X display (e.g. "Switch User" in GNOME, or the equivalent
fast-user-switching feature in other desktop environments),
here probably it is better to say that the user can switch from one to
other user with the Ctrl-Alt-Fx keys
+U
Hello Chris,
On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 08:58:24PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> * Helge Kreutzmann [180808 18:57]:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > > Andreas already asked for a merge request, so it seems that proposing a
> > > patch would indeed be welcom
* Helge Kreutzmann [180808 18:57]:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > Andreas already asked for a merge request, so it seems that proposing a
> > patch would indeed be welcome.
>
> I'll do, incorporating your excellent explaination. I'll do so until
> the end of
Hello Simon,
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Aug 2018 at 17:31:35 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > this change (requiring a DISPLAY=:0) is really suprising. I'v used su
> > for ages and a simple xhost + (yes, I know that this has security
> > implicati
Control: retitle 905409 util-linux: "su -" no longer copies DISPLAY and
XAUTHORITY to child, but this is not documented
I'm retitling the bug since the new su implementation does break patterns
involving xhost that used to work, but it is not the xhost step that
is affected, making the title misl
Processing control commands:
> retitle 905409 util-linux: "su -" no longer copies DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY to
> child, but this is not documented
Bug #905409 [util-linux] upgrade of util-linux and login break the xhost
command for other users
Changed Bug title to 'util-linux: "su -" no longer copi
Hi Andreas,
On 05/08/2018 05:40, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
$ xhost +si:localuser:temp
$ su - temp
You are right that the old su would copy over DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY
environment variables, even when you tell it to give you a new
clean environment.
probably this modification must be written
Hello Davide Prina,
Thanks for your bug report. (Reply inline below.)
On Sat, Aug 04, 2018 at 08:59:29AM +0200, Davide Prina wrote:
> Package: util-linux
> Version: 2.32-0.1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> upgrading
> * util-linux:amd64 (2.32
Package: util-linux
Version: 2.32-0.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Dear Maintainer,
upgrading
* util-linux:amd64 (2.32-0.1, 2.32-0.3)
* login:amd64 (1:4.5-1, 1:4.5-1.1)
do not let work anymore something like this:
$ xhost +si:localuser:temp
$ su - temp
$ firefox &
Er
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