On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:35:56 +0200
arnt@??? wrote:

> Every last problem of sudo is taken seriously? Did you know that if
> someone has limited access, e.g. the right to install standard
> packages, then it is easy to leverage that to get complete access.
> Various packages run programs in $PATH as root, Firefox comes to
> mind, so just prepare $PATH and sudo apt-get install firefox.
>
> Sudo leaves
> the user's $PATH and the rest is just a matter of finding the right
> exploit.
>
> Was open for years, may still be open.

I repeat my question: Do you have first hand knowledge indicating that
polkit is any safer?

SteveT

Steve Litt
July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21