[Bug 1181754] [NEW] dbus launches potential unneeded processes

Sworddragon 1181754 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun May 19 13:42:48 UTC 2013


Public bug reported:

I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 dev with dbus 1.6.10-0ubuntu1. After upgrading my
system from Ubuntu 13.04 I noticed a little difference. The initial
state of my system in both versions is:

user messagebus has the process "dbus-daemon --system --fork"
After login with LXDM:
user sworddragon has the processes "/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxde" and "//bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session"

Now the difference: In Ubuntu 13.10 dev if I'm opening an instance with
gksu (commonly over my filemanager) and launching then as root any
process over it (a terminal or a text editor) the extra processes "dbus-
launch --autolaunch 9094559992195ef86eb1309350dced31 --binary-syntax
--close-stderr" and "//bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-
address 7 --session" are spawned. In Ubuntu 13.04 both of these
processes never appeared. So I'm assuming they are maybe not needed
there and some breaking has forced them to appear after this action.

** Affects: dbus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dbus launches potential unneeded processes

Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 dev with dbus 1.6.10-0ubuntu1. After upgrading
  my system from Ubuntu 13.04 I noticed a little difference. The initial
  state of my system in both versions is:

  user messagebus has the process "dbus-daemon --system --fork"
  After login with LXDM:
  user sworddragon has the processes "/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxde" and "//bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session"

  Now the difference: In Ubuntu 13.10 dev if I'm opening an instance
  with gksu (commonly over my filemanager) and launching then as root
  any process over it (a terminal or a text editor) the extra processes
  "dbus-launch --autolaunch 9094559992195ef86eb1309350dced31 --binary-
  syntax --close-stderr" and "//bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5
  --print-address 7 --session" are spawned. In Ubuntu 13.04 both of
  these processes never appeared. So I'm assuming they are maybe not
  needed there and some breaking has forced them to appear after this
  action.

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