[pkg-apparmor] Bug#808859: apparmor-profiles-extra: Totem needs extra locks for grilo-plugins

[Julian Andres Klode]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:35:50AM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
> 
> Hi Julian,
> 
> Julian Andres Klode wrote (23 Dec 2015 20:58:56 GMT) :
> > Grilo, which seems responsible for the video list in the
> > startup screen of totem needs lock access to a bunch of
> > lock files. I added:
> 
> >   owner @{HOME}/.local/share/grilo-plugins/*.db-shm k,
> 
> > to my local additions.
> 
> Thanks for reporting this bug! I also see a bunch of DENIED messages,
> that indeed disappear once I give Totem these bonus access rights.
> 
> Now, I'd like to make sure it's actually useful (otherwise, we can
> simply silence these denied accesses): what is the actual effect of
> granting Totem these extra access rights? I could not tell the
> difference on my system (possibly because I already have some cache or
> DB generated somewhere?).

IIRC, Adding a video with the + button only works if they
have that access. Read access worked without it, but writing
probably requires locking to ensure multiple processes do not
interfere with the grilo database at the same time.


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