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Bug 493908

Summary:	S-c-tools cleanup: port to PolicyKit
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Roman Rakus <rrakus>
Component:	system-config-httpd	Assignee:	Mosaab Alzoubi <moceap>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	rawhide	CC:	jreznik, tsmetana
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Blocks:	502765, 493599

Description Roman Rakus 2009-04-03 10:12:43 UTC

Description of problem:
It's not a good approach to let system config tool runn
under superuser account - it's a security risk. Instead
each tools which needs users privileges should be divided
to two parts - one which serves as privileged backend
running on demand and user interface that can ask for
privileged action over message bus (and ask password if 
needed). Once action is approved by PolicyKit, it can be
processed.

Every tool should be ported to use PolicyKit.

How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce

Actual results:
System config tool has to be run under superuser account.

Expected results
System config tool is not runned under superuser account
and asks for privileged access. 

Additional info
Look at https://fedorahosted.org/python-slip/

Comment 1 Phil Knirsch 2009-10-02 12:34:55 UTC

*** Bug 502762 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2015-03-15 01:39:53 UTC

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 5 Miro Hrončok 2019-11-14 20:33:03 UTC

Automation has figured out the package is retired in rawhide.

If you like it to be unretired, please open a ticket at https://pagure.io/releng/new_issue?template=package_unretirement