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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

...is pkexec not good enough already as a polkit based sudo replacement? Why would one need to systemd-ify that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They can't help themselves. They gorge themselves on his phallic offerings.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hey uh can I get your IP address real quick? I have a strong suspicion your philosophy extends to your network ports.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You'd be wrong about that.

Edit: he just downvotes me instead of admitting he's wrong about his assumption, lol.