Package: pkexec (125-2 and others)

[ Source: policykit-1  ]

run commands as another user with polkit authorization

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.

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.

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.

If this functionality is not required, removing the pkexec package will reduce security risk by removing a setuid program.

Other Packages Related to pkexec

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.34) [not alpha, ia64, sh4]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.39) [sh4]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.34) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

  dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.37) [ia64]

• dep: libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.36.0)

  GLib library of C routines

• dep: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)

  Pluggable Authentication Modules library

• dep: libpolkit-agent-1-0 (= 124-2) [ia64]

  polkit Authentication Agent API

  dep: libpolkit-agent-1-0 (= 125-2) [not ia64]

• dep: libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 124-2) [ia64]

  polkit Authorization API

  dep: libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 125-2) [not ia64]

• dep: polkitd (= 124-2) [ia64]

  framework for managing administrative policies and privileges

  dep: polkitd (= 125-2) [not ia64]

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Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha (unofficial port)	125-2	24.2 kB	97.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	125-2	24.1 kB	61.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	125-2	23.5 kB	97.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	125-2	23.2 kB	52.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	125-2	23.3 kB	48.0 kB	[list of files]
hppa (unofficial port)	125-2	23.8 kB	53.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	125-2	23.9 kB	60.0 kB	[list of files]
ia64 (unofficial port)	124-2	25.0 kB	67.0 kB	[list of files]
m68k (unofficial port)	125-2	23.3 kB	56.0 kB	[list of files]
mips64el	125-2	24.2 kB	98.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64 (unofficial port)	125-2	24.3 kB	97.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	125-2	24.5 kB	97.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64	125-2	23.4 kB	53.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	125-2	23.7 kB	57.0 kB	[list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port)	125-2	24.9 kB	96.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port)	125-2	23.8 kB	1,059.0 kB	[list of files]
x32 (unofficial port)	125-2	23.9 kB	56.0 kB	[list of files]