maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 278204] x11/xkeyboard-config: allow non-root to write into /var/lib/xkb
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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 20:52:04 UTC
Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-x11 (Nobody) <x11@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback: Bug 278204: x11/xkeyboard-config: allow non-root to write into /var/lib/xkb https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278204 --- Description --- Only Xorg has setuid bit (bug 273161), so can write in root-owned directories. Before: $ truss Xwayland :9 |& fgrep /var/lib/xkb access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) ERR#13 'Permission denied' access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) ERR#13 'Permission denied' access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) ERR#13 'Permission denied' access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) ERR#13 'Permission denied' After: $ truss Xwayland :9 |& fgrep /var/lib/xkb access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) = 0 (0x0) access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) = 0 (0x0) open("/var/lib/xkb/server-9.xkm",O_RDONLY,0666) = 10 (0xa) unlink("/var/lib/xkb/server-9.xkm") = 0 (0x0) access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) = 0 (0x0) access("/var/lib/xkb/",X_OK|W_OK) = 0 (0x0) open("/var/lib/xkb/server-9.xkm",O_RDONLY,0666) = 12 (0xc) unlink("/var/lib/xkb/server-9.xkm") = 0 (0x0)