Linux · 3 years ago

Seven-year-old make-me-root bug in Linux kernel patched

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Seven-year-old make-me-root bug in Linux kernel patched

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Linux · 3 years ago

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Error handling? Nah, let's just unlock everything and be done with it

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If you get a password prompt when a program needs higher privileges it most likely uses polkit.

Or gksudo, those were the times…

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