probably not a huge deal, but bigger implications
probably not a huge deal, but bigger implications
Posted Jun 24, 2025 7:43 UTC (Tue) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)In reply to: probably not a huge deal, but bigger implications by joib
Parent article: GNOME deepens systemd dependencies
> provide a dbus service
The problem with dbus is (a) its access rights model, which is surprisingly complex and a source of subtle security errors, (b) libdbus isn't exactly easy to integrate, (c) hey now your passwords pass through yet another daemon what could possibly go wrong.
systemd has a plugin for PAM, so your the legacy(-ish) tooling will continue to work. The other way 'round, there's the io.systemd.Machine provider.