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| author | Miloslav Trmač <mitr@redhat.com> | 2013-04-18 21:14:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Miloslav Trmač <mitr@redhat.com> | 2013-05-06 19:50:18 +0200 |
| commit | 6859857757d7f4b8908970f12a12eee891d87dda (patch) | |
| tree | 2e10029ab6e5fc41aacfff8f5f1a7e3b7cc3f423 /docs/man | |
| parent | 31b138d17f259f2d06a86dbbd31202ef43dbfa41 (diff) | |
| download | polkit-6859857757d7f4b8908970f12a12eee891d87dda.tar.gz | |
More warnings about using auth_self*
Suggested by Colin Walters.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57284
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/polkit.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/polkit.xml b/docs/man/polkit.xml index f8b4849..d30ee52 100644 --- a/docs/man/polkit.xml +++ b/docs/man/polkit.xml @@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ System Context | | <term><literal>auth_self</literal></term> <listitem><para>Authentication by the owner of the session that the client originates from is - required.</para></listitem> + required. Note that this is not restrictive enough for most + uses on multi-user systems; <literal>auth_admin</literal>* is + generally recommended.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><literal>auth_admin</literal></term> @@ -367,7 +369,9 @@ System Context | | <term><literal>auth_self_keep</literal></term> <listitem><para>Like <literal>auth_self</literal> but the authorization is kept for a brief - period (e.g. five minutes).</para></listitem> + period (e.g. five minutes). The warning about + <literal>auth_self</literal> above applies + likewise.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><literal>auth_admin_keep</literal></term> |