On 11/18/2009 02:32 PM, Casey Dahlin wrote:
On 11/18/2009 01:19 PM, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>
> I may be wrong, but I understand that this behaviour of PackageKit
> only applies to users with direct console access (i.e. not remote
> shells). So, only users that are logged in via GDM or TTY would be
> able to perform such tasks.
>
That's a silly thing to imply we can control. Just because firefox is running on a
local console doesn't mean that a vulnerability therein has not allowed it to be
ultimately controlled from elsewhere.
--CJD
Addendum: Why do you think sudo would ask an already-logged-in user for his password?
--CJD