On 8/6/2018 12:57 PM, PeterPall wrote: > This isn't a bug but a major feature of wayland: If you have root rights > you no more get access to the graphical user interface which makes it > harder for a gui application to spy on another application's keyboard > input. The backdraw of this is that every application that needs root > rights for its work has to be re-written to have 2 parts:
No Peter, this is incorrect. Wayland is just fine with programs running as root. The bug is in gdm3 which is supposed to generate an Xorg configuration that sets up XAUTHORITY. Instead when it configures the Xwayland X11 compatibility server, it configures it to check UID instead of using XAUTHORITY. The result is that X11 apps running as root fail to work, but native Wayland/GTK3 applications run as root work just fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xdiagnose in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713313 Title: Unable to launch pkexec'ed applications on Wayland session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/1713313/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
