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policykit-1 package

  1. Bug #1784964
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 1784964

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TJ (tj) wrote : Re: Regression due to CVE-2018-1116 (processes not inheriting user ID or groups )

It seems that /var/run/ConsoleKit directory and its database is only created by console tty log-ins but not the GUI. There was no directory after GUI Terminal shell started; only after switching to TTY1.

So it would seem this isn't the cause since PCs without ConsoleKit work fine.