Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement

2020-02-24 Thread tom
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:46:46 +0100 Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 24/02/2020 à 10:44, aitor a écrit : > > Hi Didier, > > > > En 24 de febrero de 2020 10:01:33 Didier Kryn > > escribió: > > > >> Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit : > >>> > >>> Hi Tito, > >>> > >>> On 23/2/20 17:02, Tito via Dng

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-02-24 Thread marc
Hello > I would like to add my point of view to the polkit debate. And they are well thought out comments :) > All things considered, I think for the purpose of interacting with system > level daemons/services and managing related permissions, especially in cases > more complex than simply

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-02-24 Thread Tito via Dng
On 2/24/20 1:21 PM, Daniel Abrecht via Dng wrote: Hi I would like to add my point of view to the polkit debate. I don't think polkit is bad or unnecessary, it simply has a completely different usecase/scope than sudo has. sudo is for starting a process as an other user provided some

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement

2020-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 24/02/2020 à 10:44, aitor a écrit : Hi Didier, En 24 de febrero de 2020 10:01:33 Didier Kryn escribió: Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit : Hi Tito, On 23/2/20 17:02, Tito via Dng wrote: Why use 2 binaries rather than one, more programs, more code, more communication in between them

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-02-24 Thread Daniel Abrecht via Dng
Hi I would like to add my point of view to the polkit debate. I don't think polkit is bad or unnecessary, it simply has a completely different usecase/scope than sudo has. sudo is for starting a process as an other user provided some preconditions (group/user allowed to use it, supplied

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement

2020-02-24 Thread aitor
Hi Didier, En 24 de febrero de 2020 10:01:33 Didier Kryn escribió: Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit : Hi Tito, On 23/2/20 17:02, Tito via Dng wrote: Why use 2 binaries rather than one, more programs, more code, more communication in between them equals to more attack surface. I would

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement

2020-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit : Hi Tito, On 23/2/20 17:02, Tito via Dng wrote: Why use 2 binaries rather than one, more programs, more code, more communication in between them equals to more attack surface. I would stay with just one suid binary, more so if you want to go the su-only

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement

2020-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 23/02/2020 à 16:26, Aitor a écrit : On 23/2/20 16:22, Aitor wrote: - To have a look at the code of ssh-askpass, suggested by Didier Krin, whose dialog frame is useful only for X11 and not for wayland. Kryn :)     ssh-askpass is just an example. There is certainly something usable in