polkit (formerly PolicyKit) is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
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No reason to keep polkitd:polkitd 0700 on /etc/polkit-1/ subdirs. #195
In gitlab.freedesktop.org by jrybar on Mar 29, 2023, 15:23
Link to the original issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/194
Since !153 has been merged, it leaves no reason why /etc/polkit-1 subdirs shall be directly writable by polkitd user. Changing permissions to root:polkitd 0740 seems to provide better security.
In gitlab.freedesktop.org by jrybar on Mar 29, 2023, 15:23
Link to the original issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/194 Since !153 has been merged, it leaves no reason why /etc/polkit-1 subdirs shall be directly writable by polkitd user. Changing permissions to root:polkitd 0740 seems to provide better security.
For more information, see #191