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submitted 4 months ago by rtxn@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

It's a poor imitation. A mockery of the name. A GUI addict's idea of a CLI tool.

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[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That cat is so CUTE!

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 29 points 4 months ago

It's almost like trying to squish different security architectures on top of each other doesn't work well. It's a nice idea, but it was either not going to work smoothly or be a big security issue.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 months ago

so it's basically the same thing as sudo as long as you don't do nopasswd in sudoers?

sounds like a good thing.

[-] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

On Linux it's a CLI privilege escalation program, having a GUI pop up when you can just take user input from the terminal the user is already using is kinda...
There's a reason why pkexec is a separate thing from sudo on Linux. Two separate programs that handle two separate tasks. Sudo is intended for CLI. pkexec is intended for GUI applications and is provided by the Polkit framework. It's that pointless work flow slow down you hate to see.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

If only it worked on systems with a banner enabled.

[-] normonator@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile you can bypass uac(as an admin user) using the fucking help window. They're all over the place.

[-] Abnorc@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago

I thought you can activate inline mode if you don't like the UAC pop-up.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Inline mode only means that the elevated command runs in the same terminal instead of opening a new window. You still have to get past the UAC prompt.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

So if I'm understanding correctly they now let you type a command to open a new window to check your credentials (like polkit?) instead of asking for it in the tty? And the only new thing is that you can elevate your privileges in an existing tty (before you would need to start a separate admin terminal right?)

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

OK but why were you getting aroused by a tool?

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

have you met linux users

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

So basically GIT_ASKPASS

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

No way the Union Aerospace Corporation

this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
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