Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd
On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 06:20:01PM +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-12-09 at 10:00 +0000, Brian wrote:
> > Consistencey can be achieved by not installing policykit. The OP
> > appears to have chosen the wrong target.Consistencey can be achieved > by not installing policykit.
>
> As Michael pointed out in [1], that's not the case; prior to polkit,
> there was no consistency.
>
There are multiple dimensions of consistency. PolicyKit may provide may
provide consistency in terms of centralizing configuration so that
various disparate components behave in some predictable fashion across
those components. Without installing PolicyKit is the various
components behave in their historically independent ways. That in
itself is just a different form of consistency.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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