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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
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   title="NEW - [PATCH] implement --drop-privileges flag"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92684">92684</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>[PATCH] implement --drop-privileges flag
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>PulseAudio
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>Other
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>medium
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>daemon
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>pulseaudio-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>rmh@debian.org
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          <th>QA Contact</th>
          <td>pulseaudio-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>lennart@poettering.net
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        <pre>Created <span class=""><a href="attachment.cgi?id=119207" name="attach_119207" title="[PATCH] --drop-privileges flag">attachment 119207</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=119207&action=edit" title="[PATCH] --drop-privileges flag">[details]</a></span>
[PATCH] --drop-privileges flag

Hi

I'm writing a PulseAudio module which needs root privileges in order to work.
However, currently it can't be used because PulseAudio drops privileges on
startup unconditionally.

Please consider the attached patch to implement --drop-privileges flag. This
flag can be set to false to disable privilege dropping (marked as "DANGEROUS"
for users who know what they're doing).</pre>
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