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Package: policykit-1
Version: 0.105-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The policykit dialog shows two options, "Remember authorization" and
its sub-option "For this session only".
Without any more description, it would seem reasonable to assume that
"Remember authorization" means that the password is remembered
indefinitely, and by additionally checking "For this session only" the
password is forgotten when the user logs out.
In reality, (tested with apper) the password is only briefly(?)
remembered even when "For this session only" is not set. The "For this
session only" does not seem to have anything to do with a login-session.
Maybe it applies to an interaction between an application and polkit?
IMO, a better choice for the checkbox-text would be:
"Remember authorization" -> "Remember authorization for N minutes"
"For this session only" -> "Only until application releases this
resource" (assuming this is correct)
Unfortunately, the manpage to polkit does not reveal the duration of
password-caching either, so I chose "N minutes" in the example above.
>From polkit(8):
> auth_self_keep
> Like auth_self but the authorization is kept for a brief period.
> auth_admin_keep
> Like auth_admin but the authorization is kept for a brief period.
Could you please make the dialog options more descriptive? (And maybe
add information on how long a "brief period" is to the manpage)
Thanks,
Johannes
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages policykit-1 depends on:
ii consolekit 0.4.5-3.1
ii dbus 1.6.8-1
ii libc6 2.13-36
ii libexpat1 2.1.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-3
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-1
ii libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-1
policykit-1 recommends no packages.
policykit-1 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:30:02 +0100 Johannes Zarl <[email protected]> wrote:
Package: policykit-1
Version: 0.105-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The policykit dialog shows two options, "Remember authorization" and
its sub-option "For this session only".
Without any more description, it would seem reasonable to assume that
"Remember authorization" means that the password is remembered
indefinitely, and by additionally checking "For this session only" the
password is forgotten when the user logs out.
Those dialogs are provided by your authentication agent.
Desktop environments like KDE or GNOME have one builtin, then there are
also standalone versions like lxpolkit or policykit-1-gnome.
Assuming you are using apper, I guess your DE is KDE. Please file a bug
report against polkit-kde-agent-1 in this case.
Regards,
Michael
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