Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:41:44 +0200 John Shaft <john+deb...@shaftinc.fr> wrote: > Package: systemd > Version: 256-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > systemd 256 introduced a 'run0' utility intended to serve a similar purpose as sudo(8) > > run0(1) manpage states: > > 'Authentication takes place via polkit[1], thus isolating the authentication prompt from the terminal (if possible).' > > As of now, polkitd is only a suggestion and not yet a dependency for systemd so chances are it is not installed. Trying to use run0 thus fails, eg:
Yes this is expected and intended, as we want to prioritize allowing to build minimal images, so a lot of "extra" functionality is enabled but won't work until recommends and suggests are installed. If you want to make sure all features are usable, you can use apt install --install- suggests and that will bring in everything. > $ run0 ls /tmp > Failed to start transient service unit: Access denied > > (note that run0 error message could be improved, but it is an upstream issue) Please file an issue upstream, or better yet, a PR. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
