Re: Local users get to play root?

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2009/11/18 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>:
> And this enormous security hole of a policy change was done with next to
> /zero/ communication, making it likely that many admins will not even know
> they are vulnerable until their kids install a bunch of unwanted packages.

F11 had retained authorisations, which arguably were more of a
security weakness. If rawhide had been signed during the F12 cycle
everybody would have seen this change much earlier.

If you're deploying F12, then I really think you should know the
basics about PolicyKit.

Richard.

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