Re: Fwd: Proposed external dependency: PolicyKit & PolicyKit-gnome

[Li Yuan <Li Yuan Sun COM>]

Yes, I think so. Just talked to a PolicyKit developer, unlike gksu, 
PolicyKit only checks if an application has permission to do something, 
but does not require the application running in that permission's 
environment. network-admin is currently using PolicyKit. I tried it, it 
is accessible. :)

Li

Willie Walker wrote:
> Hey All:
>
> If I understand it correctly, I *think* migrating to PolicyKit will 
> help us migrate away from some troublesome GUIs (e.g., gksu). Is this 
> correct?
>
> Will
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>     *From: *Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>
>     *Date: *July 27, 2008 6:34:09 PM EDT
>     *To: *desktop-devel-list gnome org
>     *Subject: Proposed external dependency: PolicyKit & PolicyKit-gnome
>     *
>     Homepage: http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/PolicyKit/
>     Proposal on d-d-l:
>     http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-May/msg00013.html
>
>     License: LGPLv2 or later (I believe)
>
>     Short description:
>     ==================
>     PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and
>     handling the
>     policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
>     processes: It is a framework for centralizing the decision making
>     process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for
>     unprivileged applications. PolicyKit is specifically targeting
>     applications in rich desktop environments on multi-user UNIX-like
>     operating systems. It does not imply or rely on any exotic kernel
>     features.
>
>     PolicyKit-gnome offers GNOME integration by making it easy to
>     write UI
>     for all this.
>
>     Summary so far:
>     ===============
>     + a few +1
>     + already used optionnally in a few modules
>     + PolicyKit-gnome will likely be proposed for inclusion in the
>     desktop
>     in 2.26
>
>     Vincent
>
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