Why does X run as root?

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 14:38 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > > I think "run X as user Xorg if you're on KMS" would be a fine
> > > F15Feature to aim for.  Ubuntu's been working on it too:
> > Of course, doing so just turns it from "Running code as X gives you 
> > root" to "Running code as X gives you root the moment someone types in a 
> > root password, even if they're on a different terminal". I accept that 
> 
> This sounds like yet another good argument for removing the need to ever
> type a root password.

oh, lord, please nobody tell Ubuntu about this. they'll be insufferable.
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