FS#31629 - [polkit] Change home directory to `/var/lib/polkit'
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Opened by Vladimir (_v_l) - Friday, 21 September 2012, 05:00 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 12:39 GMT
Opened by Vladimir (_v_l) - Friday, 21 September 2012, 05:00 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 12:39 GMT
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Hello,
I'm wonder why polkitd user uses `/' as his home directory? Other "system" users on my system have home directories in `/var/lib/'. P.S. I may be wrong but I speculate that the only reason to use `/' is that starting a process as `polkitd' user would require to check the existence of user home directory. If it is true would it be wrong to set `polkitd' home directory to `/dev/null'? |
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Closed by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 12:39 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 12:39 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Comment by
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) -
Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 12:38 GMT
This is correct. Polkit does not make use of $HOME, so setting it
to / avoids any trouble.