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| author | Greg Depoire--Ferrer <greg.depoire@gmail.com> | 2021-08-04 10:54:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Kenny Levinsen <kl@kl.wtf> | 2021-08-15 14:03:23 +0200 |
| commit | d78859bc9a7ed3c8e62c95087c4a9e56be2e95ce (patch) | |
| tree | 8c5fca3bc61251022b483e46b22240edf8a3c2ce | |
| parent | d9ae4c3010abfa1a72f1030afd282b5490747775 (diff) | |
libseat: Update builtin backend root requirement documentation
The builtin backend no longer requires root, setuid or CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
This commit updates the documentation accordingly.
| -rw-r--r-- | include/libseat.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/libseat.h b/include/libseat.h index 2647fb9..385acd9 100644 --- a/include/libseat.h +++ b/include/libseat.h @@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ struct libseat_seat_listener { * The available backends, if enabled at compile-time, are: seatd, logind and * builtin. * - * To use builtin, the process must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN or be root at the time - * of the call. These privileges can be dropped at any point after the call. + * To use builtin, the process must have permission to open and use the seat's + * devices at the time of the call. In the case of DRM devices, this includes + * permission for drmSetMaster(3). These privileges can be dropped at any + * point after the call. * * The returned pointer must be destroyed with libseat_close_seat. * |