[Bug 1652282] Re: Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from connecting

[Nikita Yerenkov-Scott]

@Phillip, I am afraid that this is the new standard and it's not going
to change. Just use Xorg if you don't like it. But anyway, soon
applications will all upgrade their source code, and then when they meet
the set requirements they will all work as before. Just more securely.

So please stop changing the title. You're just being a nuisance.

** Summary changed:

- Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from connecting
+ GParted does not work in GNOME on Wayland

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Title:
  Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from
  connecting

Status in gdm:
  Confirmed
Status in GParted:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Triaged
Status in wayland:
  New
Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When running wayland, GDM fails to set up an XAUTHORITY file and instead
  relies on the process UID for authentication.  This prevents
  applications run as root, like gparted or synaptic from connecting to
  the server.  GDM needs to set up the XAUTHORITY file when running
  Xwayland just like it does when it runs the conventional Xorg.

  A large list of applications broken by this can be found here:

  https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=Exec%3Dsu-to-
  root+filetype%3Adesktop+path%3A*%2Fapplications%2F*&perpkg=1

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