On Thu Sep 03 17:03:08 UTC 2009 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > Public bug reported: > > For PackageKit there are some Implizit Authorizations for active console > which I considere as wrong and even dangerous. That are actions where > "Admin Authentication (keep indefinately)" is used. I considere this as > dangerous as if once applied a user at the system and active console > will be able to performe that action. That is I could never allow > someone else to use my computer.
"Admin Authentication (keep indefinately)" rather confusingly means "require an admin to authenticate, and give the options to remember for the session or forever", so it's no inherently a problem, or is your argument to take away that option? Thanks, James -- Discussable Implicit Authorizations for some actions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423834 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