[PATCH xserver] check for elevated privileges not uid=0 (V2)

[Michal Suchanek]

On 13 October 2011 20:13, Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 16:40:25 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 10 October 2011 16:07, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk> wrote:
>> > This allows us to run the server as a normal user whilst still
>> > being able to use the -modulepath, -logfile and -config switches
>>
>> Thanks for the patch.
>>
>> Works for me on Debian with recent X server git.
>>
>> Tested-by: Michal Suchanek <hramrach at centrum.cz>
>>
>>  $ X +extension GLX +extension RANDR +extension RENDER -logfile
>> /scratch/xdummy.log -config ~hramrach/xdummy.conf :1
>> xf86PrivsElevated: not tested yet.
>> xf86PrivsElevated: elevated: uid 1000, euid 1000, gid 1000, egid 0.
>>
> That egid 0 looks like a bug in our (Debian's) wrapper.  I should fix
> that.

Meaning that when it is fixed it will appear that the X server is
running as root and all the non-safe options will be allowed?

Thanks

Michal