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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The translated guides promise broader keyboard protection than the udev rule guarantees. Qualifying that wording avoids misleading users about device access; the remaining risk is limited to documentation. Pre-merge checks |
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Check name Status Explanation Linked Issues check Issue #1084requires documentation that recommends a targeted udevuaccessrule instead of defaultinputgroup membership for Wayland click capture. The main installation page and seven translatio…Out of Scope Changes check The changed documentation, translations, and click-capture-unavailablewarning all support issue#1084. The changes clarify evdev permissions, the keyboard-access risk, theBTN_LEFTscope, and the…Title check The title clearly identifies the main change: recommending a udev rule for Wayland mouse click capture. Description check The description includes all required sections and accurately summarizes the documentation and warning changes. The testing section is minimal and does not provide concrete commands or environment det…
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The guidance needs platform prerequisites, reliable verification, and corresponding translation updates.
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What changed in this PR
Updates Linux installation guidance to recommend scoped udev permissions for Wayland click capture.
Changes:
- Adds a least-privilege udev rule for mice and touchpads.
- Retains the
inputgroup method as a security-cautioned alternative. - Updates Linux capability references.
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Documents mouse evdev permissions and setup commands. |
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Clarified udev rule instructions for seat access to pointer devices while excluding keyboards. Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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- Line 136: Update the event-scope wording in the installation documentation to
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🟡 Minor · Do not claim that this rule cannot expose key events. · installation.md:138-162
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDo not claim that this rule cannot expose key events.
ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD!="1"excludes devices classified as full keyboards. It does not exclude every evdev node that emitsEV_KEYevents. A composite mouse with macro or function keys can matchID_INPUT_MOUSE=="1"while lackingID_INPUT_KEYBOARD=="1".TAG+="uaccess"then gives the active seat user read access to that node. OpenScreen ignores those events, but other processes running as that user can read them.Suggested fix
-On systems where systemd-logind manages the local desktop seat, the safer approach is to grant that seat access (`TAG+="uaccess"`) exclusively to pointer devices (mice and touchpads) while explicitly excluding keyboards. This requires udev's `uaccess` support and ensures that only the actively logged-in seat user has access, without exposing keystrokes: +On systems where systemd-logind manages the local desktop seat, the safer approach is to grant that seat access (`TAG+="uaccess"`) to evdev nodes that udev classifies as pointer devices and not as full keyboards. This requires udev's `uaccess` support. A composite pointer device can still expose other `EV_KEY` events, so use a device-specific rule if those events must remain inaccessible:🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Reviewed: the udev rule grants uaccess to pointing devices only, keyboards excluded; translations updated and the helper's warning points to it. Thanks @vorburger!
Summary
Recommend a udev
uaccessrule for Wayland click capture instead of theinputgroup: it grants the active seat user access to mice and touchpads only, keyboards excluded. Theinputgroup stays documented as the alternative, with its keylogging risk spelled out.website/docs/installation.md: new recommended udev section,inputgroup as alternative.click-capture-unavailablewarning now names the udev rule too.Related issue
Fixes #1084.
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Testing
I have tested this and it works like this for me.
It's based on (my) https://nixfiles.vorburger.ch/reference/openscreen (but not NixOS specific, here).
Summary by CodeRabbit
inputgroup is an alternative that grants access to all input devices, including keyboards.OPENSCREEN_DISABLE_CLICK_CAPTURE=1.inputgroup.