Please read this before reporting a bug:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bug_reporting_guidelines
Do NOT report bugs when a package is just outdated, or it is in the AUR. Use the 'flag out of date' link on the package page, or the Mailing List.
REPEAT: Do NOT report bugs for outdated packages!
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bug_reporting_guidelines
Do NOT report bugs when a package is just outdated, or it is in the AUR. Use the 'flag out of date' link on the package page, or the Mailing List.
REPEAT: Do NOT report bugs for outdated packages!
FS#34913 - [gdm] Uses xhost without dependency
Attached to Project:
Arch Linux
Opened by Matthew Iversen (Ivoz) - Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 14:37 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 22:58 GMT
Opened by Matthew Iversen (Ivoz) - Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 14:37 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 22:58 GMT
|
DetailsDescription:
/etc/gdm/Xsession, line 156: xhost +si:localuser:`id -un` || : xhost comes from xorg-xhost, which is not depended on by gdm |
This task depends upon
Closed by Jan de Groot (JGC)
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 22:58 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Added to 3.8.4
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 22:58 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Added to 3.8.4
Comment by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) -
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 18:10 GMT
Is it required for gdm to work? I notice that failure is ignored (the "|| :").
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) -
Monday, 01 July 2013, 10:55 GMT
That line takes care that anything that is coming from your user gets access to $DISPLAY. For example: with this line, I can login to tty2, run "DISPLAY=:0 xterm", switch back to X and have XTerm running there. Without that line I won't get access because I'm not in the ACL and I don't have an environment variable pointing to my Xauth cookie.