Lintian tag: dbus-policy-at-console

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The package contains D-Bus policy configuration that uses the deprecated
at_console condition to impose a different policy for users who are
"logged in at the console" according to systemd-logind, ConsoleKit or
similar APIs, such as:

<policy context="default">
<deny send_destination="com.example.PowerManagementDaemon"/>
</policy>
<policy at_console="true">
<allow send_destination="com.example.PowerManagementDaemon"/>
</policy>

The maintainers of D-Bus recommend that services should allow or deny
method calls according to broad categories that are not typically altered
by the system administrator (usually either "all users", or only root
and/or a specified system user).

If finer-grained authorization is required, the service should accept the
method call message, then call out to PolicyKit to decide whether to honor
the request. PolicyKit can use system-administrator-configurable policies
to make that decision, including distinguishing between users who are "at
the console" and those who are not.

Please refer to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39611 for
details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: desktop/dbus

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