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| -rw-r--r-- | src/backlight.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backlight.c b/src/backlight.c index b7569294..728cddad 100644 --- a/src/backlight.c +++ b/src/backlight.c @@ -270,8 +270,10 @@ static int __backlight_helper_init(struct backlight *b, char *iface) int use_pkexec = 0; int fds[2]; - /* If system policy is to disallow setuid helpers, - * we fallback to invoking PolicyKit. However, as pkexec + /* + * Some systems may prefer using PolicyKit's pkexec over + * making the helper suid root, since the suid option will allow + * anyone to control the backlight. However, as pkexec * is quite troublesome and not universally available, we * still try the old fashioned and simple method first. * Either way, we have to trust that it is our backlight-helper |