Attachment 4500 Details for Bug 11643 – this patch forces root to use its own homedir (.config/dconf)

[patch] this patch forces root to use its own homedir (.config/dconf)

dconfsu.patch (text/plain), 898 bytes, created by Atilla ÖNTAŞ on 2013-11-11 14:44:47 CET

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Creator: Atilla ÖNTAŞ

Created: 2013-11-11 14:44:47 CET

Size: 898 bytes

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obsolete

--- shm/dconf-shm.c	2013-08-21 09:57:35.346564042 +0200
+++ shm/dconf-shm.c	2013-08-21 11:34:46.342038989 +0200
@@ -30,10 +30,22 @@
 static gchar *
 dconf_shm_get_shmdir (void)
 {
+  static gchar *dconfdir;
   static gchar *shmdir;
 
+  /* if user is root, he has the ability to overwrite the other users'
+     dconf runtime directory, hence hanging their sessions, despite
+     the 0700 permissions. Make root always use his home dir instead
+     of the common runtime one.
+   */
+
+  if (getuid != 0)
+    dconfdir = g_build_filename (g_get_user_runtime_dir (), "dconf", NULL);
+  else
+    dconfdir = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".cache", "dconf", NULL);
+
   if (g_once_init_enter (&shmdir))
-    g_once_init_leave (&shmdir, g_build_filename (g_get_user_runtime_dir (), "dconf", NULL));
+      g_once_init_leave (&shmdir, g_build_filename (dconfdir, NULL));
 
   return shmdir;
 }

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