One of the first things I do with each new install is disable the incessantly annoying password prompts that redundantly exist after I’ve already entered my password to log in.
This is the guide I always use in order to disable these annoying prompts.
This does NOT disable sudo password prompts, which I think are great and should remain active!
I know there’s going to be a lot of “responses” from the “non-pragmatic” crowd, but I encourage everyone reading their “responses” to think for themselves.
Don’t let a bunch of neurodivergent people on the internet dictate how you use a computer or assume they know more than you because they’re persistent or in greater numbers. Odds are, it’s usually the opposite because they’re insecure and can’t handle when people do things differently from them.
wtf
And… what started out as honest advice, ended up being a preventive strike against Internet villains. Very Internet-villain-like, I must say :D
Lol.
I was kind of on your side and agreeing with you until you started insulting people before even seeing their responses. You’re coming in a bit too hot there, bud. Sounds like you’re the one who is “insecure”. You ok? Did you post this somewhere else and got bullied out of the room and now you’re mad at the whole community? lol
Yeah, how dare I anticipate what we all know is going to be said and has been said before.
Seems like I ruffled a few feathers, and that’s to be expected. Everyone who had an automated response can’t share it now :)
I doubt anyone’s feathers have been ruffled, as this post comes off as very childish (at least the second part of it does).
Odds are, it’s usually the opposite because they’re insecure and can’t handle when people do things differently from them.
If this isn’t projection then I don’t know what is.
It 1000% is projection. This person insulted people before even seeing their responses. lol
there’s other ways to facilitate the kind of convenience that, that post is trying to achieve.
i’m not a fan of polkit either and since they’re effectively airgapped from the internet, i see nothing wrong with what they’re doing and some part of me whishes i knew what this controversy is about.
What other ways?
specifically for that askubuntu post; you can set the “user” flag in your /etc/fstab or setup a udev rule to allow a disk or volume to be mounted by anyone, on demand, and without a password.
i’m sure you know that there’s multiple ways to skin a cat using linux and that’s what i’m referring to.
Oh. I thought you were referring to removing the password prompts altogether.
effectively, i am; but doing so in a manner that would allow polkit to continue running as designed.
my real goal is to understand why this post has such a negative vote count when the conditions for its existence seems like an acceptable risk since it’s disconnected from the internet; it’s literally how a lot manufacturing controlled by off-the-shelf computer equipment is done in this country.
