Re: [PATCH BlueZ 1/1] Add cover art support

Bastien Nocera <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:56:39 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-bluetooth
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey,

On Mon, 2026-08-03 at 21:55 +0200, Jan-Michael wrote:
> =C2=A0# Filesystem lockdown
> -ProtectHome=3Dtrue
> +# Cover art referenced by MediaPlayer1 metadata (mpris:artUrl)
> usually
> +# lives in the user's home directory (e.g. ~/.cache of the player),
> so
> +# bluetoothd needs read access to serve it via the AVRCP BIP
> responder.
> +ProtectHome=3Dread-only

This is going to be a show-stopper.

Having a root-running daemon rummaging around in user's files is not
something we want *at all*.

Cheers