VirtualBox/setuid binaries
Michael Thayer
michael.thayer at oracle.com
Mon Dec 17 09:34:27 UTC 2018
13.12.18 15:40, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:30 AM Michael Thayer
> Just following up my own post, and coming back to a slightly refined
> version of my original idea unless someone suggests something better.
> For VirtualBox I could achieve most of what I want by providing a small
> additional starter tool to be installed separately from the Flatpak and
> referencing it from the desktop file in the Flatpak (instead of using
> /usr/bin/flatpak as a starter). I should be able to achieve that in a
> user-friendly way, though of course I would depend on Flatpak being
> installed with the standard paths. Since Endless presumably control
> their OS, perhaps they could do something on those lines too?
>
>
> Hey Michael,
>
> I was curious if you got furher with this approach, or found some other
> solutions?
> Anything we can do from the flatpak side to help you?
Hello Matthias,
Thanks for asking. I'm afraid I have not found time to continue with
this recently, not least because we are in our RC period with lots of
things to finish off. I will try to pick it up again when things are a
bit quieter.
Thanks again.
Regards
Michael
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