GNU bug report logs - #33847
27.0.50; emacsclient does not find server socket

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Message #32 received at 33847 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: ulm <at> gentoo.org, 33847 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33847: 27.0.50; emacsclient does not find server socket
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 22:38:36 -0500

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  > Tools like 'screen' that predate XDG_RUNTIME_DIR traditionally suffered from 
  > similar security problems. On my Fedora 29 platform, 'screen' works around the 
  > problem by being setgid 'screen' and putting files under /run/screen/S-eggert, 
  > where /run/screen is mode drwxrwxr-x with owner 'root' and group 'screen'. The 
  > exact location of the /run/screen directory is platform-specific; I guess that 
  > it typically used to be /tmp/screens but got moved due to security concerns.

Is it possible to arrange for each user to have a directory under /run/emacs
which is owned by that user and doesn't give access to anyone else?

Maybe we could release a simple setuid program to create that directory.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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