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From 1cb5647f76dc8cd7bacbce2a64fac9e6c2dc3b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanu Kaskinen <tanu.kaskinen@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:32:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] client-conf: Add allow-autospawn-for-root
Usually autospawning for root is a bad idea, since it can easily
interfere with other users' PulseAudio instances, but in embedded
environments where only root exists, autospawning is fine.
Upstream-Status: Submitted [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.pulseaudio.general/23549]
Signed-off-by: Tanu Kaskinen <tanu.kaskinen@linux.intel.com>
---
man/pulse-client.conf.5.xml.in | 9 +++++++++
src/pulse/client-conf.c | 1 +
src/pulse/client-conf.h | 1 +
src/pulse/client.conf.in | 1 +
src/pulse/context.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/pulse-client.conf.5.xml.in b/man/pulse-client.conf.5.xml.in
index 1002dbe..0058490 100644
--- a/man/pulse-client.conf.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulse-client.conf.5.xml.in
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
</option>
<option>
+ <p><opt>allow-autospawn-for-root=</opt> Allow autospawning also for root.
+ Takes a boolean value, defaults to <opt>no</opt>. If the <opt>autospawn
+ </opt> option is disabled, this option has no effect. Autospawning for
+ root is disabled by default, because running PulseAudio as root will
+ interfere with regular users' PulseAudio instances. This option should be
+ enabled only in environments where there are no regular users at all.</p>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
<p><opt>daemon-binary=</opt> Path to the PulseAudio daemon to
run when autospawning. Defaults to a path configured at compile
time.</p>
diff --git a/src/pulse/client-conf.c b/src/pulse/client-conf.c
index 83331f8..0474583 100644
--- a/src/pulse/client-conf.c
+++ b/src/pulse/client-conf.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void pa_client_conf_load(pa_client_conf *c, bool load_from_x11, bool load_from_e
{ "default-server", pa_config_parse_string, &c->default_server, NULL },
{ "default-dbus-server", pa_config_parse_string, &c->default_dbus_server, NULL },
{ "autospawn", pa_config_parse_bool, &c->autospawn, NULL },
+ { "allow-autospawn-for-root", pa_config_parse_bool, &c->allow_autospawn_for_root, NULL },
{ "cookie-file", pa_config_parse_string, &c->cookie_file_from_client_conf, NULL },
{ "disable-shm", pa_config_parse_bool, &c->disable_shm, NULL },
{ "enable-shm", pa_config_parse_not_bool, &c->disable_shm, NULL },
diff --git a/src/pulse/client-conf.h b/src/pulse/client-conf.h
index eac705a..131393a 100644
--- a/src/pulse/client-conf.h
+++ b/src/pulse/client-conf.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ typedef struct pa_client_conf {
char *cookie_file_from_application;
char *cookie_file_from_client_conf;
bool autospawn, disable_shm, auto_connect_localhost, auto_connect_display;
+ bool allow_autospawn_for_root;
size_t shm_size;
} pa_client_conf;
diff --git a/src/pulse/client.conf.in b/src/pulse/client.conf.in
index 26b7790..69830ef 100644
--- a/src/pulse/client.conf.in
+++ b/src/pulse/client.conf.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
; default-dbus-server =
; autospawn = yes
+; allow-autospawn-for-root = no
; daemon-binary = @PA_BINARY@
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
diff --git a/src/pulse/context.c b/src/pulse/context.c
index 4bc445f..d6c3f6d 100644
--- a/src/pulse/context.c
+++ b/src/pulse/context.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ int pa_context_connect(
if (!(flags & PA_CONTEXT_NOAUTOSPAWN) && c->conf->autospawn) {
#ifdef HAVE_GETUID
- if (getuid() == 0)
+ if (!c->conf->allow_autospawn_for_root && getuid() == 0)
pa_log_debug("Not doing autospawn since we are root.");
else {
c->do_autospawn = true;
--
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