starman@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoSystemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacementoutpost.fosspost.orgexternal-linkmessage-square261fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down115
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minus-squarevsis@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·8 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-up14·8 months ago…is pkexec not good enough already as a polkit based sudo replacement? Why would one need to systemd-ify that?
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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-squarePseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·8 months agoThey can’t help themselves. They gorge themselves on his phallic offerings.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 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-down1·8 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-28 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?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
They can’t help themselves. They gorge themselves on his phallic offerings.
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.