pkexec 124-2ubuntu1 (armhf binary) in ubuntu oracular
polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy
that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
It was previously named PolicyKit.
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pkexec is a setuid program to allow certain users to run commands as
root or as a different user, similar to sudo. Unlike sudo, it carries
out authentication and authorization by sending a request to polkit,
so it uses desktop environments' familiar prompting mechanisms for
authentication and uses polkit policies for authorization decisions.
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By default, members of the 'sudo' Unix group can use pkexec to run any
command after authenticating. The authorization rules can be changed by
the local system administrator.
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If this functionality is not required, removing the pkexec package will
reduce security risk by removing a setuid program.
Details
- Package version:
- 124-2ubuntu1
- Status:
- Published
- Component:
- main
- Priority:
- Optional
Downloadable files
- pkexec_124-2ubuntu1_armhf.deb (14.7 KiB)
Package relationships
- Replaces:
- Breaks: