Bug#989719: Backport commit 7820a56ccb ("logind: Restore chvt as non-root user without polkit") to bullseye

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Fri Jun 11 10:07:44 BST 2021


Am 11.06.2021 um 10:55 schrieb Punit Agrawal:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 247.3-5
> Severity: important
> X-Debbugs-Cc: punit1.agrawal at toshiba.co.jp
> 
> systemd 245 introduced a bug[0][1] that prevents activating virtual
> terminal without CAP_SYS_ADMIN when polkit is disabled (as is the case
> on many embedded systems). One consequence of this is that it prevents
> running weston from a service as a non-root user.

But in Debian, PolicyKit support is enabled?
Can you elaborate why this issue is relevant for Debian?



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