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Re: Polkit: prompt for root password



Am 01.09.2015 um 20:54 schrieb Jayson Willson:
> It seems to me, that such approach will increase security. If "sudo" and
> "policykit" prompt for user password, then even if some other man knows
> my user password, he can administer system, as he can both log into the
> system and user sudo/polkit, but if root password is required for using
> sudo/polkit, then knowing my user's password is not enough, and the only
> thing he will be able to change is files in /home/user.

Why did you then put your user in group sudo in the first place if what
you want is "su" type behaviour?


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