https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1992
--- Comment #19 from T.C. Hollingsworth <t...@tchol.org> 2012-01-19 10:43:28 CET --- (In reply to comment #18) > > (In reply to comment #16) > > > Having a graphical prompt asking for the root password is a security hole? > > pkexec requests the currently running user's password (like sudo), and will > > fail if the logged in user doesn't have authorization for the requested task > > via PolicyKit. > No, it will require the root password, and only this password, unless a > specific PolicyKit conf. file is written to change this behaviour (according > to > « man pkexec »). That might be PolicyKit upstream's default, but in Fedora it always asks for the current user's password. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.