Autopilot needs to be run as root to access /dev/uinput
Bug #1143038 reported by
Thomi Richards
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autopilot |
Fix Released
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High
|
Francis Ginther | ||
| autopilot (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Raring |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Autopilot has started making use of /dev/uinput to generate device events on systems where X11 is not available. However, currently this means that autopilot needs to be run as root, which is less than ideal.
Related branches
lp://staging/~fginther/autopilot/autopilot-uinput-udev
- Michael Terry (community): Approve
- PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- Thomi Richards (community): Approve
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Diff: 91 lines (+40/-2)6 files modifiedautopilot/input/_uinput.py (+3/-2)
debian/61-autopilot-uinput.rules (+2/-0)
debian/control (+1/-0)
debian/python-autopilot.install (+1/-0)
debian/python-autopilot.postinst (+22/-0)
debian/python-autopilot.postrm (+11/-0)
| Changed in autopilot: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Francis Ginther (fginther) |
| Changed in autopilot: | |
| milestone: | none → 1.3 |
Revision history for this message
| PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in autopilot: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in autopilot: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in autopilot (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in autopilot (Ubuntu Raring): | |
| status: | New → Won't Fix |
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Fix committed into lp:autopilot at revision 204, scheduled for release in autopilot, milestone 1.3.1