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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:08:10 +0000
From: Jordan Glover <Golden_Miller83@...tonmail.ch>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: polkitd service user privilege separation
On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 9:24 PM, Simon McVittie <smcv@...ian.org> wrote:
> polkitd can only be either trusted or untrusted, we can't have it both
> ways. I think the main thing that's wrong here is the documentation that
> claims that the privilege separation is meaningful.
>
> smcv
Is it valid conclusion that polkitd would be better of just running as root? That would clear any possible confusion. Or are there advantages of running it as separate "trusted" user?
Jordan
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