[kio] src/ioslaves/file/kauth: Do not cache root password for the whole session

Luca Beltrame lbeltrame at kde.org
Fri Jan 12 13:42:39 UTC 2018


In data venerdì 12 gennaio 2018 14:40:07 CET, chinmoy ranjan ha scritto:

> TBH I can't see how any application will bypass the prompt. Maybe I am
> wrong. Can you elaborate on the potential risks?

I just tested this in my session:

kioclient5 copy <file> /mnt

Prompt appears, all OK.

Now I do this again in the same session, after removing the file:

kioclient5 copy <file> /mnt

No password prompt and the file is copied anyway.

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