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Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges(): implementation bug or correct behavior?
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Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges(): implementation bug or correct behavior?

  • Subject: Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges(): implementation bug or correct behavior?
  • From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:52:45 +0000
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:25:58 -0500, James Housley <email@hidden> wrote:
> I do know that sudo(1) is available on the command line and that uses a
> default 5 minute time-out.  So it is very possible this is using the same
> system.

Actually, no. sudo implements its own authorization stuff (see its man
page), it knows nothing about SecurityServer.

 -- Finlay
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