Ah. I understand the distinction that you are making, and concede the point - but must take issue very strongly against this additional layer of permissions. Unix user permissions are very secure and straightforward, and imposing this second structure of (redundant) rights does not seem rational or wise.
Although on examination new users are -not- granted these permissions by default, this only mitigates the issue of granting unintended privileges for people who know that the application functions this way - counter to the security principles which, as far as I can tell, much of the community supports and expects. To wit, I will either be un-installing policykit-gnome or removing chmod and sticking each one behind gksu in menu. Thank you for your time. ** Visibility changed to: Public -- Exploitable to gain root access with non-priveleged user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358086 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
