Is using /home as user home dir a security flaw?

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museur

Does using the /home directory as user home directory create any security soft spot since Xorg and URxvt runs on root privilege?
 
museur said:
Does using the /home directory as user home directory create any security soft spot since Xorg and URxvt runs on root privilege?
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Why do you think it would be different if it was /usr/home? Why do you think this matters for the root user?
 
Why is using /home bad practice? I use /home<insert username here>, why is this different, or worse, than using /usr/home/<insert username here>?

Root user has nothing to do with this, btw...
 
I've answered if to understand his question literally.
He asked "Does using the /home directory as user home directory..."
So using /home, as user home directory -- is a bad practice.
But maybe it's just some kind of a language barrier, I don't know, TBH. :)
 
No worries, as far as I know it's not a security issue. As for using /home/<username>, I can't see why that would be an issue. I cannot say why your x11/rxvt-unicode has instances running as root. Seems odd to me.
 
It is related to Xorg since I cannot run xterm which has no support of (setuid?) -I guess, since I cannot use it, it complains about something related to X11. I don't know if I should have to bridge something about Xorg's server auth or whatever else.
 
Just to note the hier of linux and openbsd specifies "/home". Is this better , I don't know for making backups . Maybe ?
[But this is not related in any way to security]
 
Sevendogsbsd said:
Now I am confused - why would you want this? Run an X session as your normal user (not root), and run xterm. I do this all the time as an unprivileged user and have never had an issue,
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I am not starting X with root, I am using my underpreviliged user account that is in wheel et cetera.

xterm says:
Code: 
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Serial number of failed request:  62
  Current serial number in output stream:  70

Not sure if related, I'm a newcomer to FreeBSD.
 
The topic shifted a lot here. Maybe you should abandon that (question answered, there's no security flaw directly related to where you put your home directories) and start a new thread asking about your actual problem (choose a good title and give enough details for increased chances)? And next time, don't ask about your suspicions, at least not before describing the actual problem? No offense, I just think it's better for getting help.
 
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