So far, there are three config elements undocumented in dbus-daemon(1), they're <syslog>, <pidfile>, <allow_anonymous>. However, I'm on the way to trying remove <allow_anonymous>, it's somehow duplicated with ANONYMOUS auth mechanism and confusing.
Created attachment 85474 [details] [review] [PATCH] Update configurable elements for dbus-daemon manual
(In reply to comment #0) > So far, there are three config elements undocumented in dbus-daemon(1), > they're <syslog>, <pidfile>, <allow_anonymous>. > > However, I'm on the way to trying remove <allow_anonymous>, it's somehow > duplicated with ANONYMOUS auth mechanism and confusing. I'm on the way to try to remove <allow_anonymous/>, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2013-September/015788.html
Comment on attachment 85474 [details] [review] [PATCH] Update configurable elements for dbus-daemon manual Review of attachment 85474 [details] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- OK
(In reply to comment #2) > I'm on the way to try to remove <allow_anonymous/> As I mentioned on the mailing list, I don't want to merge anything that makes a previously-secure configuration insecure.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #2) > > I'm on the way to try to remove <allow_anonymous/> > > As I mentioned on the mailing list, I don't want to merge anything that > makes a previously-secure configuration insecure. OK, I'm not insist to remove <allow_anonymous/> considering to it was already used years in fact, though should not be widely used. I found the document patch hasn't been pushed to fd.o, so I'll upload a V2 which document <allow_anonymous/> too.
Created attachment 85530 [details] [review] [PATCH v2] Update configurable elements for dbus-daemon manual
Comment on attachment 85530 [details] [review] [PATCH v2] Update configurable elements for dbus-daemon manual Review of attachment 85530 [details] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- The markup in this file is pretty crazy, but it seems fine to stay consistent with what's there now. ::: doc/dbus-daemon.1.xml.in @@ +331,5 @@ > + > + > +</itemizedlist> > + > +<para>If present, the bus daemon will write its pid to the specified file.</para> ... to the specified file. The --nopidfile command-line option takes precedence over this setting. @@ +345,5 @@ > +auth mechanism, then the anonymous connection will be authorized. > +Otherwise, disconnect. So if anonymous connection is wanted, both > +ANONYMOUS auth mechanism and this option must be enabled. Looking for > +information about enabling ANONYMOUS auth mechanism, see > +<emphasis remap='I'><auth></emphasis> below.</para> Perhaps this? If present, connections that authenticated using the ANONYMOUS mechanism will be authorized to connect. This option has no practical effect unless the ANONYMOUS mechanism has also been enabled using the <emphasis remap='I'><auth></emphasis> element, described below.
Created attachment 85765 [details] [review] [PATCH v3] Update configurable elements for dbus-daemon manual
Fixed in git for 1.7.8
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