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Autore: tom
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To: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed? dropin replacement
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:46:46 +0100
Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:

> Le 24/02/2020 à 10:44, aitor a écrit :
> > Hi Didier,
> >
> > En 24 de febrero de 2020 10:01:33 Didier Kryn <kryn@???>
> > escribió:
> >
> >> Le 24/02/2020 à 01:16, Aitor a écrit :
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>     Does it mean that synaptic works that way with droping
> >> priviledges in the GUI?
> >>
> >>     Didier
> >
> > Synaptic is run as root via sudo/su. There are no suid privilegies
>
>     Hi Aitor.
>
>     Sure, but it is running a GUI with root priviledge. I thought
> this was the danger and I understood this was forbidden in GTK+.
>
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It's not a big deal as long as it's not some crazy bloated mess like a
web browser or something.

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