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Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

From Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd
Date 2017-12-10 12:40 +0100
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:02:45 +0100
Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10-12-17, Joe wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:13:59 +0100
> > Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> > > 
> > > Man page for pklocalauthority is bit more helpful, but far from
> > > self explanatory.   
> > 
> > And not updated for Debian.
> >   
> > > In its examples section, it provides some insight about
> > > writing .pkla files, but it does not show all possible options,
> > > or at least I can't be sure that it does. For example:
> > > 
> > > [Exclude Some Problematic Users]
> > >            Identity=unix-user:homer;unix-user:grimes
> > >            Action=com.example.awesomeproduct.*
> > >            ResultAny=no
> > >            ResultInactive=no
> > >            ResultActive=auth_admin
> > > 
> > > According to that, and after reading man page for polkit, I can
> > > only deduct that .pkla file will for that example in that
> > > com.example.awesomeproduct.* files reads lines under defaults and
> > > "answer" on allow_any and allow_inactive with no value and on
> > > allow_active with auth_admin value. Fine, that can work. Guess
> > > that you can use wildecards for all users, like unix-user:*, but
> > > that is only guess, cause I can't see it documented anywhere
> > > ( might have missed it). What I also do not see anywhere is if
> > > those are the only options available? Or there is some man page,
> > > or additional documentation in Debian that can explain that?
> > >   
> > More examples, and in fact, all the Debian policies, are *.policy
> > files and under /usr/share/polkit-1, as Brian pointed out.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Joe 
> >   
> 
> And all the files under /usr/share/polkiit-1 should listen to the
> local settings under /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/ so I do not
> understand what is your point?

I thought you might find more examples helpful. The man page says that
policies come from /etc/polkit-1 and /var/lib/polkit-1, but on my
system the /var/lib location is almost empty, and there's a lot
in /usr/share/polkit-1, almost nothing in /etc/polkit-1.

> 
> Or the man pages are totally wrong?
> 
Man pages are almost never totally wrong. Wrong in small but critical
details, yes, often.

There's some stuff about polkit on the Net, but nothing much official
apart from the man pages, as far as I can see.

-- 
Joe

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Embarrassing security bug in systemd Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2017-12-06 23:20 +0100
  Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-12-06 23:50 +0100
    Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-12-07 00:40 +0100
      Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 03:50 +0100
        Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 07:30 +0100
  Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-12-06 23:50 +0100
    Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2017-12-07 10:40 +0100
      Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2017-12-07 11:30 +0100
        Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 11:50 +0100
          Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-09 03:50 +0100
            Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-12-09 17:50 +0100
              Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-10 10:00 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-12-10 20:40 +0100
      Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-07 11:40 +0100
      Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 16:00 +0100
        Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 20:30 +0100
          Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-08 09:20 +0100
          Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-12-08 12:40 +0100
            Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-08 13:40 +0100
              Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-12-08 21:40 +0100
            Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-08 17:10 +0100
              Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-08 19:10 +0100
              Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Menelaos Maglis <mmaglis@metacom.gr> - 2017-12-08 19:40 +0100
              Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Menelaos Maglis <mmaglis@metacom.gr> - 2017-12-08 19:50 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-08 20:50 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-08 21:20 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-09 09:10 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-09 11:20 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-09 19:40 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-12-09 20:30 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-09 22:00 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-12-10 00:40 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-12-10 10:40 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-12-10 11:20 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-12-10 12:40 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-12-10 16:10 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-11 15:10 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-12-09 21:10 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-09 21:10 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-12-08 21:50 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-12-08 22:30 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-12-09 02:50 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-12-09 06:50 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-09 09:20 +0100
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                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-12-09 00:30 +0100
                Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-09 10:00 +0100
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