Bug#880601: gdm fails to give wayland an Xauthority file, preventing running applications as root

[Michael Biebl]

Hi Phil

Am 03.11.2017 um 18:57 schrieb Phil Susi:
> On 11/3/2017 10:26 AM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> Please forward this request upstream. We are unlikely to add a patch for this.
> 
> It is a shame that you are unwilling to make a simple configuration
> change to prevent a completely broken experience for your users.  People
> get very frustrated when they try to open an application and nothing
> happens.  No error message; nothing.  All because of a silly default policy.

It is my understanding that not allowing root X applications is an
explicit choice, as it was considered a bad idea to run complex X
applications as uid 0 (which I agree with)

Let's see what upstream has to say about this.

Michael
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