pkexec binary package in Ubuntu Mantic riscv64
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.
Publishing history
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2023-08-28 16:38:33 UTC | Published | Ubuntu Mantic riscv64 | release | main | admin | Optional | 123-1 | ||
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2023-08-28 16:39:46 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Mantic riscv64 | release | main | admin | Optional | 122-4 | ||
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2023-08-29 18:10:09 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Mantic riscv64 | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 122-4 | ||
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2023-06-13 06:11:00 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Mantic riscv64 | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 122-3build1 | ||
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2023-06-21 15:20:20 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Mantic riscv64 | release | main | admin | Optional | 0.105-33 | ||
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