Bug#855272: systemd: policykit does not show TUI for remote logins

[Michael Biebl]

Am 16.02.2017 um 18:14 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 16.02.2017 um 18:05 schrieb Ritesh Raj Sarraf:
>> 1. When X11 forwarding is enabled, it shows the policykit prompt on gdm display
>> server. And even with the gdm screen locked, one can still feed in the password
>> there.
> 
> 
> So, you have hostA and hostB, both run an X server.
> 
> You login from hostA to hostB via SSH as userC (and X-forwarding enabled).
> If you run an action which triggers a polkit prompt where exactly?
> On hostA, hostB?
> Does userC have a running X session on hostB besides the SSH session?
> 
> Still not getting the full picture here yet.

What if you simply run "pkexec /bin/true", what *exactly* happens


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