| venugopal | I am using daemib which is launched using upstart initctl start command. From this daemon I am trying to launch firefox browser with user permission using command "sudo -u <username> xdg-open http://www.google.com" | 15:53 |
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| venugopal | This launching in user mode and everything is fine on ubuntu 11.04. But on ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 version it is still launching in root mode.. | 15:54 |
| venugopal | Can anyone tell if there is any patch available for these two lower versions.. | 15:55 |
| venugopal | ? | 15:55 |
| venugopal | can anyone help me with this issue? | 16:22 |
| JanC | I'm not sure why you need a system job to launch Firefox? (you probably can't even be sure that there is an X session with that user logged in at that moment?) | 16:44 |
| venugopal | JanC, This how my daemon works. It is responsible of displaying the basic UI and In this case I am sure that there is an X session with that user logged in.. | 17:15 |
| venugopal | Since this is triggered from user input.. | 17:16 |
| JanC | and the daemon can't run as the user? | 17:17 |
| JanC | actually, why not let the user process that starts the daemon also start the browser? | 17:19 |
| venugopal | no daemon can't run as user. since it needs root permissions. | 17:20 |
| venugopal | but from the daemon I want to launch the browser with user permissions as seperate process.. | 17:21 |
| venugopal | JanC, Is there any way to get this working?? | 17:27 |
| venugopal | But the samething is working finr on ubuntu 11.04 version.. | 17:27 |
| JanC | so how does the user start the daemon? | 17:28 |
| venugopal | daemon is start by "initctl start" command | 17:29 |
| venugopal | *started | 17:30 |
| venugopal | from /etc/init/script | 17:30 |
| JanC | so why not make a script that runs "initctl start", waits until the daemon is started, then starts Firefox? | 17:30 |
| venugopal | actuall initctl start is called while installing my debian package in postinst script. | 17:32 |
| venugopal | firefox is started from daemon when user selects a button in UI displayed by daemon. | 17:32 |
| venugopal | so I have to launch the firefox from the daemon only.. | 17:33 |
| venugopal | JanC, Any way to fix this? | 17:55 |
| JanC | ugh | 17:55 |
| JanC | venugopal: not sure what you are trying to do, but to me it sounds like you try doing things the wrong way... | 17:57 |
| venugopal | JanC, My daemon is started from init scripst using initctl command, responsible for displaying UI and depending on UI events it wants to launch the firefox with user permission using xdg-open command. | 18:00 |
| venugopal | Yes, wrong thing here is daemon shouldn't contain any UI.. But that's the way client has request us.. they don't want seperate app for UI.. so we don't other way. | 18:01 |
| JanC | venugopal: tell them they are nuts :P | 18:02 |
| JanC | actually, why does that daemon need root? | 18:03 |
| venugopal | It is an antivirus software and need root access to monitor the iptable details and monitor applications trying to access internet.. | 18:04 |
| venugopal | but the same logic is working fine on ubuntu 11.04 and only problem is with 10.04, 10.10 versions.. | 18:06 |
| venugopal | JanC, Any pointers? | 18:28 |
| JanC | yes: use separate programs | 18:31 |
| JanC | BTW: running GUI apps from postinst scripts is *not done* (because there really is no way to do it properly) | 18:33 |
| JanC | for example, you don't know which user installed the package, so you can't know on who's display you have to show it | 18:34 |
| JanC | (if there is an X display at all) | 18:36 |
| venugopal | but I am sure on whos display I have to show the UI.. | 18:43 |
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