[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 91071] XWayland security settings prohibits applications running as root from connecting by default

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91071

            Bug ID: 91071
           Summary: XWayland security settings prohibits applications
                    running as root from connecting by default
           Product: Wayland
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: XWayland
          Assignee: wayland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: nerdopolis1 at verizon.net
        QA Contact: xorg-team at lists.x.org

Hi.

It seems the security changes in XWayland prevents applications running as root
from connecting. The users will have to run xhost +LOCAL: in order to run a
graphical application as root

There are a few graphical applications that run as root (Some applications I
can think of is ubiquity (The Ubuntu installer) and synaptic), 

These applications, even ones that are built against a toolkit that supports
Wayland, connect to X because most *sudo applications strip out
$WAYLAND_DISPLAY by default (along with all other variables). 

Is there a way to whitelist root by default, if it makes sense to do so? It
makes sense to keep the other users out though...


Most Wayland servers I think currently allow applications running as root to
connect. (including Weston)

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