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Autor: Didier Kryn
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A: dng
Assumpte: Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement
Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit :
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> 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:
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> http://soc.if.usp.br/manual/libgtk2.0-doc/faq/x392.html
>

    Does it mean that synaptic works that way with droping priviledges
in the GUI?

    Didier