ego (the Go side) ================= [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/git.ophivana.moe/cat/ego.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/git.ophivana.moe/cat/ego) > Do all your games need access to your documents, browser history, SSH private keys? > > ... No? Just run `ego steam`! **Ego** is a tool to run Linux desktop applications under a different local user. Currently integrates with Wayland, Xorg, PulseAudio and xdg-desktop-portal. You may think of it as `xhost` for Wayland and PulseAudio. This is done using filesystem ACLs and X11 host access control. Disclaimer: **DO NOT RUN UNTRUSTED PROGRAMS VIA EGO.** However, using ego is more secure than running applications directly under your primary user. Differences ----------- * Written in Go * Tracks process states * Cleans up after last process exits * Argv preservation in machinectl mode * Has no dependencies other than the two C libraries Manual setup ------------ Ego aims to come with sane defaults and be easy to set up. **Requirements:** * Sudo * A C compiler * [Go](https://go.dev/doc/install) * `libacl.so` library (Debian/Ubuntu: libacl1-dev; Fedora: libacl-devel; Arch: acl) * `libxcb.so` library (Debian/Ubuntu: libxcb1-dev; Fedora: libxcb-devel; Arch: libxcb) **Recommended:** (Not needed when using `--sudo` mode, but some desktop functionality may not work). * `machinectl` command (Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora: systemd-container; Arch: systemd) * `xdg-desktop-portal-gtk` (Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/Arch: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk) **Installation:** 1. Run in repository worktree: go build -v -ldflags '-s -w' sudo cp ego /usr/local/bin/ 2. Create local user named "ego": [1] sudo useradd ego --uid 155 --create-home 3. That's all, try it: ego xdg-open . [1] No extra groups are needed by the ego user. UID below 1000 hides this user on the login screen. ### Avoid password prompt If using "machinectl" mode (default if available), you need the rather new systemd version >=247 and polkit >=0.106 to do this securely. Create file `/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-ego-machinectl.rules`, polkit will automatically load it (replace `$USER` with your own username): ```js polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.machine1.host-shell" && action.lookup("user") == "ego" && subject.user == "$USER") { return polkit.Result.YES; } }); ``` ##### sudo mode For sudo, add the following to `/etc/sudoers` (replace `$USER` with your own username): $USER ALL=(ego) NOPASSWD:ALL Appendix -------- Ego is licensed under the MIT License (see the `LICENSE` file). The original Ego was created by Marti Raudsepp under the repository https://github.com/intgr/ego