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Bug 493916 - S-c-tools cleanup: port to PolicyKit
Summary: S-c-tools cleanup: port to PolicyKit
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-printer
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 502729 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 502765 493608
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-03 10:14 UTC by Roman Rakus
Modified: 2014-01-13 00:08 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-04-03 10:20:20 UTC
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Description Roman Rakus 2009-04-03 10:14:14 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 Tim Waugh 2009-04-03 10:20:20 UTC
Looks to me like this bug report was filed without reference to how system-config-printer actually works.  Closing.

Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2009-06-01 11:34:52 UTC
*** Bug 502729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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