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Windows has UAC, so you run things like root all the time, it's great
by cerved 3y ago
Windows has UAC, so you run things like root all the time, it's great
- stop50 3y agoIts equivalent to polkit
- phendrenad2 3y agoPolkit is a very badly-designed, poorly-executed imitation of UAC. UAC is an operating-system-level system that heuristically detects when an executable is acting as an installer, and prompts the user with a Yes/No prompt (you can see screenshots online). This even works if you're running a terminal command. Terminal command needs administrator access? You get a blocking, modal dialog from the system that forces you to click Yes or No. That's very powerful. Polkit is a component for controlling system-wide privileges in Unix-like operating systems, the manpage is less than 2 pages.
- MartijnBraam 3y agoIt's not heuristics, it's executable metadata
- phendrenad2 3y agoThe official UAC docs disagree
- realitythreek 3y agoI thought you were wrong about how UAC worked, and then I went looking through Windows Vista docs on UAC and you’re absolutely right. And that’s batshit insane!
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoTerminal commands don't work that way. Open a command prompt, type 'sc stop spooler', and observe the 'Access Denied' message and the lack of a UAC prompt.
- tiberious726 3y agoRead the parent, that's not an installer, you are, like me up until this very moment, assuming UAC is sensible