[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #215: Pulse + su + autospawn = root perms on /tmp/pulse-$USER

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Thu Jan 10 15:02:14 PST 2008


#215: Pulse + su + autospawn = root perms on /tmp/pulse-$USER
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  Reporter:  coling  |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:         
 Component:  daemon  |    Severity:  normal 
Resolution:          |    Keywords:         
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Comment (by coling):

 Note: when using su - I was aple to play the sounds fine and they just
 seemed to be routed to $USER's pulseaudio instance (I guess because the
 X11 cookie...)

 It may be that pulse should not run when under su or sudo? Or perhaps this
 is a bug in the autospawning code?

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Ticket URL: <http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/215#comment:1>
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