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authorScott Anderson <scott@anderso.nz>2020-04-28 20:44:05 +1200
committerSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2020-04-29 10:39:09 +0200
commit906c0766df2fec4bd32c316fd1b0d46fded5fc84 (patch)
tree2d32acf48e0638acfa55cd573413489e4d074517 /meson_options.txt
parent98d949718c42a546466f79a4029b7d0d76650dc3 (diff)
Remove libcap support
This is simply a false sense of security, and is worse than just using setuid. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is an extremely serious capability that is effectively as powerful as root. It also required users to be in the input group, which allows any process to keylog the entire system.
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-option('libcap', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for rootless session via capabilities (cap_sys_admin)')
option('logind', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for rootless session via logind')
option('logind-provider', type: 'combo', choices: ['auto', 'systemd', 'elogind'], value: 'auto', description: 'Provider of logind support library')
option('xcb-errors', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Use xcb-errors util library')