Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

[tuxic@posteo.de]

On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote:
> On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hello, Gentoo.
> > 
> > HEADS UP!!!
> > 
> > If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> > now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
> > 
> > This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file flag,
> > which causes it to run as root.
> > 
> > The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version
> > number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify users
> > by a NEWS item, that I can see.
> > 
> > The matter was fairly intensively discussed in bug #669648 in Gentoo's
> > bugzilla.
> > 
> > So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting
> > the suid USE flag may well be the solution.
> > 
> 
> I just got hit by this on my mythtv backend, which I only start X to
> configure the mythtv backend.
> 
> Yes, enabling the suid USE-flag fixed it (or restored original behaviour?)
> 
> Dan
> 

Hi,

is this already known?
https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1055517801224396800

Is it safe to run X.org suid set?

Cheers
Meino