The whitelist file looks like:
$ cat /etc/aptdaemon/repository-whitelist.cfg
[webapps test]
origin = Ubuntu
component = universe
pkgnames = 2vcard
[more whitelist]
origin = Ubuntu
component = main
pkgnames = ^unity.*
** Summary changed:
- passwordless install of webapps (based on repo whiteli
Thanks a lot Marc for your thoughts on this topic.
I'm working on this currently in the linked branch and for (1) and (2) we will
need something like the
"policykit-desktop-priviledges" package for webapps that install something like
"/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.webapp
** Branch linked: lp:~mvo/aptdaemon/support-for-whitelisted-repositories
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Title:
passwordless install of webapps (based on repo whitelist)
To ma
There are two requests in this bug, the first being to add whitelist
functionality to aptdaemon, and the second is to add a webapps
repository to that whitelist. I will address them separately.
Aptdaemon:
I believe adding the whitelist functionality to aptdaemon is reasonable.
This would also per
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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Title:
passw
The approch seems fine to me, those don't really have lot of code and
those websites can already be accessed without password from a web
browser anyway, I would still like to get the security team opinion on
the topic though, installing random .js from the web in an easy way is
somewhat a bit scary
