<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - weston-launch clears environment variables" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61877#c3">Comment # 3</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - weston-launch clears environment variables" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61877">bug 61877</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:darxus@chaosreigns.com" title="Darxus <darxus@chaosreigns.com>"> Darxus</a> <pre><pq> Darxus, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is defined to be per-user, and private. If you set it in /etc/environment, it will be a permanent, system wide setting for all users. <pq> using chmod as in the guide will probably avoid some security leaks, but it also breaks it for every other user on the system <pq> ... <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html</a> defines XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, and what properties it must have. Added a statement about these concerns to the build instructions ( <a href="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html">http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html</a> ), and linked to this bug.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>