Bug#447354: Always runs as root
Loïc Minier
lool at dooz.org
Sat Oct 20 13:31:52 UTC 2007
Package: system-tools-backends
Version: 2.2.1-4
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
It would be nice to avoid running as root; I don't know why exactly STB
runs as root, but it could perhaps lower its privileges after startup.
For example reading system information is a task which can probably be
done with less privileges.
Bye,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages system-tools-backends depends on:
ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.1.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.74-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libnet-dbus-perl 0.33.5-1 Perl extension for the DBus messag
system-tools-backends recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Loïc Minier
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