Re: [Tracker] Running Tracker with dbus system bus

[Ralph Böhme <rb netafp com>]

Hi Philip

Am 02.01.2014 um 11:53 schrieb Philip Van Hoof <philip codeminded be>:
> ...long snip...
> > A proper solution (with security in mind) might be * add an option
> > that makes Tracker use system dbus context instead of session
> > context * add another option to take a user under which Tracker
> > will run in this case, this user MUST not be root
>
> Patches that implement this would be welcomed. At least from my side.
> Note that other Tracker maintainers might also have a point of view.
>
> Some locations in the code:
>
> For tracker-store:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/libtracker-bus/tracker-bus.vala#n24
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/libtracker-sparql-backend/tracker-backend.vala#n37
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/tracker-store/tracker-dbus.vala#n95
>
>
> This one  is used by tracker-extract:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/libtracker-common/tracker-dbus.c#n70
>
> The D-Bus service for all miners:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-manager.c#n409
>
> Unfortunate manual D-Bus connection to tracker-store from miner-fs:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/miners/fs/tracker-main.c#n772
>
> In case you need tracker-writeback:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/miners/fs/tracker-writeback-listener.c#n193

Thanks for the pointers! I'll keep you guys updated if and once I start working on this.

-Ralph

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