From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62A961395E2 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:56:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E10FAE0B8B; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:56:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acedia.primate.net (disorder.primate.net [198.144.194.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 836C5E0B27 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:56:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acedia.primate.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acedia.primate.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-6) with ESMTPS id uAH7uIi9006270 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:22 -0800 Received: (from itz@localhost) by acedia.primate.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id uAH7uCLm006264 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:12 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: acedia.primate.net: itz set sender to itz@primate.net using -f Received: from [10.8.78.14] (helo=matica.foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c7HYJ-0003GD-2t for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:11 -0800 Received: from itz by matica.foolinux.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1c7HYI-00029K-L9 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:10 -0800 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:10 -0800 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: sans-dbus was: gnome intrusion? Message-ID: <20161117074400.7908.242EA9B5@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20161114213743.55a5e76a@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> <20161116124726.GA8424@g0n.xdwgrp> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: 019806e5-9166-4db5-997c-fe1bc4ea4420 X-Archives-Hash: cc3a9bab6d735fae33f3d62b625a3522 On 2016-11-16 20:48, Rich Freeman wrote: > Policykit also lets you do stuff like saying this user is allowed to > restart this service, but not do anything else, and so on, using a > configuration which is flexible and works across different > applications/etc. I'm curious what you mean by "service" here. Surely not the things managed by rc-service, only root can touch them, right? Or regular users via sudo, and then sudo config restricts what they can do. I'm _guessing_ you mean desktop services like gnome-settings, and my retort is, I don't have any of those, and I never will. -- Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups Personal signed mail: please _encrypt_ and sign Don't clear-text sign: http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html