[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 1206] X server should not run as root continuously.

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------- Additional Comments From matthieu.herrb at laas.fr  2004-08-27 12:34 -------
I've implemented privilege separation in the X server for OpenBSD. I still 
plan to integrate this in the main stream one day or the other (at least in 
the current form, enabled for OpenBSD only). 
It needs a bit of work to be ported on Linux, but I think it's doable. 

Another option I've investigated in the past is running the X server under
systrace (http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace/), using its privilege
elevation mode. This helps identifying the operations that require privileges.

<ftp://ftp.laas.fr/pub/ii/matthieu/xf86-sec.pdf>        
   
   
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