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Moblin Will Run X Server As Logged-In User, Not Root

Posted by timothy on from the such-a-little-thing-makes-such-a-big-difference dept.

nerdyH writes "An architect of the Moblin Project has announced that Moblin 2.0 for netbooks and nettops is the first Linux distribution to run the X server as the logged-in user, rather than SUID'd to root. The fix to this decades-old security liability comes thanks to 'NRX' (No-root X) technology reportedly developed by Intel, Red Hat, and others in the X community, and the Moblin-sponsored 'Secure X' project. Besides making Linux netbooks a lot more snoop-proof, it seems like this could lead to an X-hosting renaissance of sorts, since you wouldn't be risking the whole system just to open up a specific user's account to remote X servers."

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  1. frost nixon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    frost nixon

  2. Re:Graphics drivers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linus isn't perfect

    I met Linus in person a while back and asked him about this. He disagrees with you.

    Since he's perfect, I kinda have to go with him on this one.