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