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Subject: Re: Wayland Is Coming
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 07:14:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 14 May 2024 21:52:49 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 May 2024 10:31:50 +0000 (UTC), Julian Bradfield wrote:
>
>> The socket is usually called /tmp/.X11-unix/Xn for display n.
>
>The socket *has* to be called X«n», and be located in /tmp/.X11-unix/. 

In one post you're claiming X doesn't use unix sockets, now you're an 
expert on what the permissions should be.

>Which is a world-writable directory. You see the problem?

Its not a problem , its part of the design.

>The Wayland socket goes in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, which is a variable under the 
>control of the user. It usually points to /run/user/«userid». Which 
>belongs to that specific user.

Very useful if a process running under another user id wants to connect.