Bug 1651300 - systemctl edit doesn't use polkit
Summary: systemctl edit doesn't use polkit
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: systemd
Version: 8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Reported: 2018-11-19 16:15 UTC by Ray Strode [halfline]
Modified: 2019-05-22 04:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-02-21 10:11:40 UTC
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Description Ray Strode [halfline] 2018-11-19 16:15:24 UTC 
Right now, I don't need to use sudo when interacting with systemctl for almost any operation.

The big exception is systemctl edit.

Ideally it would hook into polkit in the same way all the other systemctl commands do.
Comment 1 Jan Synacek 2018-11-20 06:10:17 UTC 
To be honest, 'systemctl edit' shouldn't even be a thing. It's already way too complicated for what it's supposed to do and adding polkit support would make things even worse. I'll leave this bug open for now in case others have a different opinion.
Comment 2 Michal Sekletar 2018-11-26 08:36:46 UTC 
This is already reported upstream. IMHO, the chances this will get fixed soon(-ish) are pretty slim.

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/5504
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2018-11-26 12:46:02 UTC 
feel free to close UPSTREAM if thats more convenient and you dont see this getting fixed rhel 8 timeframe
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