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Autor: Aitor
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A: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement
Hi Tito,

On 23/2/20 17:02, Tito via Dng wrote:
> Why use 2 binaries rather than one, more programs, more code, more
> communication in between them equals to more attack surface.
> I would stay with just one suid binary, more so if you want to go the
> su-only route.

I'll answer to this question in more detail: the requeriment of suid
privilegies implies an additional (non GUI) binary due to the fact that
the usage of any GTK suid binary is impossible.
Read here:

http://soc.if.usp.br/manual/libgtk2.0-doc/faq/x392.html

Cheers,

Aitor.