denied avcs for kde again :(

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>> I have also seen similar with it trying to create the directory in
>> /root.  Which is also somewhat bad.  I do not want to give login
>> programs the ability to write to these directories, because attackers
>> without passwords can get the login programs to execute large amounts of
>> codes without ever identifying themselves.  gdm is setup with a homedir
>> of /var/lib/gdm, which allows us to confine the gdm login program.
>>
>> Kde login needs something similar,  I believe there is a bug on this,
>> but it would not hurt to open another.
> 
> KDM runs as root, so of course its homedir is /root. KDM does not support
> running as anything other than root (just like XDM and pretty much any
> display manager other than the latest GDM).
> 
>         Kevin Kofler
> 
Its homedir is not currently /root it is /.  That is what the AVC's are
indicating.

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