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Bug 502739 - switch to using PolicyKit
Summary: switch to using PolicyKit
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: wireshark
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Radek Vokál
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: 502765
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-27 04:31 UTC by Rahul Sundaram
Modified: 2013-03-13 05:45 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2011-02-17 14:53:36 UTC
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Description Rahul Sundaram 2009-05-27 04:31:53 UTC 
Description of problem:

usermode/consolehelper is deprecated since Fedora has a better framework now
called PolicyKit. Please switch to using that instead

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolicyKitOne
Comment 1 John Poelstra 2009-06-08 20:18:37 UTC 
Added 'FutureFeature' keyword to avoid rawhide base
Comment 2 Olivier Crête 2010-06-14 20:01:15 UTC 
Actually, wireshark should run as regular user. The part that needs higher privileges has been split as "dumpcap" and should be launched using the proper polkit magic.
Comment 3 Radek Vokál 2011-02-17 14:53:36 UTC 
The change has already happened in rawhide. Wireshark now has its own group and user has to be a member of this group. PolicyKit support is not planned.
Comment 4 Olivier Crête 2011-03-23 22:45:57 UTC 
I see that this is done in F16, any chance to push that to F15? It will mitigate the next round of CVEs
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