Bug 505157 - Use alternate frame display when window is running as "root" user
Use alternate frame display when window is running as "root" user
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 549389
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
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Depends on: 549389
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Reported: 2007-12-23 04:56 UTC by Peter Shinners
Modified: 2008-08-27 19:06 UTC (History)
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GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement

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Description Peter Shinners 2007-12-23 04:56:03 UTC 
Window's that are running under a process owned by root should be displayed as an alternate color. This would make it easier to understand which windows are running with enhanced privileges.

Apparently this should be possible by starting with the _NET_WM_PID variable.
Comment 1 Elijah Newren 2008-01-17 04:59:52 UTC 
Could possibly key into some of the same changes planned for the XACE stuff (or whatever that X11 + selinux thingy was called)
Comment 2 Thomas Thurman 2008-08-15 04:16:51 UTC 
Independently suggested at
http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/08/10/we-all-scream-for-nice-themes/ .
Comment 3 Thomas Thurman 2008-08-26 19:37:25 UTC 
Solving bug 549389 would add " (as root)" to windows of apps which were running as root.  Reporter, would that also solve this bug?
Comment 4 Peter Shinners 2008-08-27 19:02:28 UTC 
The (as root) solution would be fine for this suggestion.
The use of PackageKit also lessens the need to run entire processes with root priveledges.
Comment 5 Thomas Thurman 2008-08-27 19:06:47 UTC 
Lovely, then this is a dupe.  Thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 549389 ***
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