Bug#802847: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR warnings

[Felipe Sateler]

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On 24 October 2015 at 03:44, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni at jidanni.org> wrote:
> Package: pulseaudio
> Version: 7.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I don't see why,
> with a virgin installation of pulseaudio
> one must get
>
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (/tmp) is not owned by us (uid 1000), but by uid 0! (This could e g happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.)
>
> when running
> $ pavucontrol
>
> Also the message makes it seem wrong that /tmp is owned by root, and
> some users will try to change the owner of /tmp.

That's because XDG_RUNTIME_DIR should not be /tmp. Don't you have
pam-systemd that sets that?

I'm tempted to close because the warning is valid, as XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
should be specific for each user, not shared.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler