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polkitd doesn't own its config folders
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Description
Is this a new report?
Yes
System Info
Void 5.18.19_1 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate rFFFF
Package(s) Affected
polkit-0.120_1
Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?
No response
Expected behaviour
The polkitd user should be the owner of /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/ and /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/.
Actual behaviour
The owner of those folders was root and I had to manually change it.
Steps to reproduce
use polkitd
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the polkit-0.120_1 package definition and inspecting how its package files and ownership are installed; reproduce the package installation and verify that polkitd owns both rules.d directories.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100