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Non-admin users can format removable media
Creating a non privileged desktop user on my system currently running an
up-to-date Maverick installation does not yield this problem; the system
instead prompts for the password for the privileged user and will then,
if the proper credentials are input, will format the media. I do not
have Lucid
Thank you for your bug report. The default desktop profile is made for
standalone desktop users and allows you to do things like changing time
or formating removable devices, doesn't seem a security issues, you can
uninstall policykit-desktop-privileges or tweak the policykit
configuration for
Ok, my concept of security encompasses *all* the data that the user has
access to, whether connected via internal storage or external storage so
that is why I considered this a Security Vulnerability, obviously that
is not the commonly accepted definition in this domain.
I sort of find it amusing
