starman@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoSystemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacementoutpost.fosspost.orgexternal-linkmessage-square261fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down115 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkSystemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacementoutpost.fosspost.orgstarman@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square261fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarevsis@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·2 months agoOh, it’s gonna use polkit. Sudo bloat is a grain of sand compared to polkit. Why people want to replace sudo with polkit? Visudo is no near as obscure as configuring polkit. I hope distro maintainers don’t follow this.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months ago…is pkexec not good enough already as a polkit based sudo replacement? Why would one need to systemd-ify that?
minus-squarePseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoThey can’t help themselves. They gorge themselves on his phallic offerings.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI just treat polkit as “set it and forget” kind of thing and leave it on defaults, I’d rather spend my time on something more important
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoFirst thing I do with any new desktop installation is disable polkit prompts. Fuck having to enter my password every time I want to do something.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoHey uh can I get your IP address real quick? I have a strong suspicion your philosophy extends to your network ports.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoYou’d be wrong about that. Edit: he just downvotes me instead of admitting he’s wrong about his assumption, lol.
Oh, it’s gonna use polkit. Sudo bloat is a grain of sand compared to polkit.
Why people want to replace sudo with polkit? Visudo is no near as obscure as configuring polkit.
I hope distro maintainers don’t follow this.
…is
pkexecnot good enough already as a polkit based sudo replacement? Why would one need to systemd-ify that?They can’t help themselves. They gorge themselves on his phallic offerings.
I just treat polkit as “set it and forget” kind of thing and leave it on defaults, I’d rather spend my time on something more important
First thing I do with any new desktop installation is disable polkit prompts.
Fuck having to enter my password every time I want to do something.
Hey uh can I get your IP address real quick? I have a strong suspicion your philosophy extends to your network ports.
You’d be wrong about that.
Edit: he just downvotes me instead of admitting he’s wrong about his assumption, lol.