[MacPorts] #52257: dbus: enhancements to use privileged services via the system bus and run a session bus over a remote X11 connection

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Thu Sep 22 00:03:01 CEST 2016


#52257: dbus: enhancements to use privileged services via the system bus and run a
session bus over a remote X11 connection
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  Reporter:  rjvbertin@…  |      Owner:  mcalhoun@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  dbus         |
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Changes (by larryv@…):

 * owner:  macports-tickets@… => mcalhoun@…
 * cc: mcalhoun@… (removed)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 rjvbertin@…]:
 > This stands a good chance of being upstreamed.

 Discussion/ticket link?

 Not that I plan on looking at this, but I would strongly advise that we
 //not// patch DBus and run our own setuid daemon outside of launchd. If
 this configuration is secure, then we can provide it once upstream starts
 supporting it.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52257#comment:5>
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