[Bug 1652282] Re: Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from connecting

[Phillip Susi]

It is a shame that you are unwilling to make a simple configuration
change to prevent a completely broken experience for your users.  People
get very frustrated when they try to open an application and nothing
happens.  No error message; nothing.  All because of a silly default
policy.  This is not a very Ubuntu thing to do.


** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #789867
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789867

** Also affects: gdm via
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789867
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from
  connecting

Status in gdm:
  Unknown
Status in GParted:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Triaged
Status in wayland:
  New
Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When running wayland, GDM fails to set up an XAUTHORITY file and
  instead relies on the process UID for authentication.  This prevents
  applications run as root, like gparted or synaptic from connecting to
  the server.  GDM needs to set up the XAUTHORITY file when running
  Xwayland just like it does when it runs the conventional Xorg.

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