pkexec binary package in Ubuntu Noble armhf
polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy
that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
It was previously named PolicyKit.
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pkexec is a setuid program to allow certain users to run commands as
root or as a different user, similar to sudo. Unlike sudo, it carries
out authentication and authorization by sending a request to polkit,
so it uses desktop environments' familiar prompting mechanisms for
authentication and uses polkit policies for authorization decisions.
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By default, members of the 'sudo' Unix group can use pkexec to run any
command after authenticating. The authorization rules can be changed by
the local system administrator.
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If this functionality is not required, removing the pkexec package will
reduce security risk by removing a setuid program.
Publishing history
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2024-04-05 14:33:36 UTC | Published | Ubuntu Noble armhf | release | main | admin | Optional | 124-2ubuntu1 | ||
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2024-04-06 12:10:12 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Noble armhf | updates | main | admin | Optional | 124-1 | ||
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2024-04-05 14:37:37 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Noble armhf | release | main | admin | Optional | 124-1ubuntu1 | ||
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2024-04-06 18:10:14 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Noble armhf | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 124-1ubuntu1 | ||
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2024-03-14 20:44:06 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Noble armhf | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 124-1build1 | ||
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2024-03-28 08:07:00 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Noble armhf | release | main | admin | Optional | 124-1 | ||
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2024-03-29 12:10:15 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Noble armhf | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 124-1 | ||
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2024-01-26 06:10:08 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Noble armhf | release | main | admin | Optional | 123-3 | ||
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2024-01-27 06:10:19 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Noble armhf | proposed | main | admin | Optional | 123-3 | ||
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2023-11-01 15:15:14 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Noble armhf | release | main | admin | Optional | 123-1 | ||
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