-------------- PolicyKit 0.102 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.102 WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.28 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.101: Benjamin Otte (1): introspection: Add --c-include to the gir files David Zeuthen (7): Post-release version bump to 0.102 Don't show diagnostic messages intended for the administrator to the end u PolkitUnixProcess: Clarify that the real uid is returned, not the effectiv Make PolkitUnixProcess also record the uid of the process Use polkit_unix_process_get_uid() to get the owner of a process pkexec: Avoid TOCTTOU problems with parent process Update NEWS for release Evan Nemerson (1): Specify exported pkg-config files in GIRs Marc Deslauriers (1): Fix multi-line pam prompt handling Martin Pitt (3): Ignore .po/ for intltool Fix backend crash if a .policy file does not specify Bug 38769 — pkexec: Support running X11 apps Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, August 1, 2011 -------------- PolicyKit 0.101 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.101 WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.28 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.100: Adrian Bunk (1): Bug 27253 – Use GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK from gobject-introspection David Zeuthen (16): Post-release version bump to 0.101 Bug 30653 – No way to detect cancellation in pkexec Bug 27081 – pkexec fails to build on non glibc systems Bug 30438 – PolicyKit fails to build on AIX Bug 32334 – Always set polkit.retains_authorization_after_challenge Fix a memory leak Be more specific about what info we want when enumerating files Make pkcheck(1) report if the authentication dialog was dismissed pkcheck: Make it possible to list and revoke temporary authorizations Be a bit more careful parsing the command-line Bug 29712 – Use monotonic for temporary authorizations Allow overriding message shown in authentication dialog Deprecated PolkitBackendActionLookup Fix a couple of warnings triggered by gcc 4.6 Build examples by default and fix compiler warnings Update NEWS for release Michael Biebl (1): Bug 29871 – Fix build failures with binutils-gold Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, March 3, 2011 -------------- PolicyKit 0.100 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.100 WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.25.12 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.99: David Zeuthen (12): Post-release version bump to 0.100 Add missing GObject Introspection annotations Build gir/typelib for PolkitAgent-1.0 Fix-up PolkitAgentSession to use GObject properties Improve error reporting for authentication sessions Add some debug info that can be shown with the env var POLKIT_DEBUG Fix up debug and timeouts in agent helper Always pass non-zero value to g_once_init_leave() Add a note about POLKIT_DEBUG Pass caller and subject pid to authentication agent Update NEWS for release Fix 'make distcheck' Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, February 21, 2011 -------------- PolicyKit 0.99 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.99 WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.25.12 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.98: Colin Walters (3): Remove duplicate definitions of enumeration types Fix (correct) GCC warning about possibly-uninitialized variable Fix another GCC uninitialized variable warning David Zeuthen (2): Post-release version bump to 0.99 Update NEWS for release Vincent Untz (1): Bug 29816 – Install polkitagentenumtypes.h Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, September 15, 2010 -------------- PolicyKit 0.98 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.98. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.25.12 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.97: David Zeuthen (11): Post-release version bump to 0.98 Require GLib 2.25.12 Fix scanning of unix-process subjects Add textual authentication agent and use it in pkexec(1) Fix ConsoleKit interaction bug pkexec: add --disable-internal-agent option pkcheck: add --enable-internal-agent option Fix wording in pkexec(1) man page Various doc cleanups Fix dist-check Update NEWS for release Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, August 20, 2010 -------------- PolicyKit 0.97 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.97. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. The main change since the previous version is a port from eggdbus to GLib's new D-Bus implementation. Other changes includes various bug fixes and support for shadow authentication. Support for the AddLockdown() and RemoveLockdown() methods has been removed. You will need an updated version of PolicyKit-gnome to go with this release. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.25.11 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam (optional) Changes since PolicyKit 0.96: Andrew Psaltis (1): Add shadow support Dan Rosenberg (1): Bug 26982 – pkexec information disclosure vulnerability David Zeuthen (23): Post-release version bump to 0.97 Port core bits to gdbus Port CK class to gdbus Port PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthority to gdbus Port PolkitAgent to gdbus Add generated docbook D-Bus API docs to git Nuke eggdbus usage Make polkitd accept --replace and gracefully handle SIGINT Implement polkit_temporary_authorization_new_for_gvariant() Remove Lock Down functionality Make NameOwnerChanged a private impl detail of the interactive authority Update README Merge remote branch 'origin/gdbus' Add a GPermission implementation PolkitAuthority: Implement failable initialization PolkitAuthority: Add g_return_if_fail() checks Add g_return_if_fail() to all public API entry points Use polkit_authority_get_sync() instead of deprecated polkit_authority_get PolkitBackend: Don't export unneeded convenience API Update GI annotations Don't dist org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.xml; It's dead, Jim Properly reference headers Update NEWS for release Petr Mrázek (1): Bug 29051 – Configuration reload on every query Thanks to our contributors. David Zeuthen, August 9, 2010 -------------- PolicyKit 0.96 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.96. This is supposed to be the last release until 1.0. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.21.4 eggdbus-1 >= 0.6 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam Changes since PolicyKit 0.95: David Zeuthen (15): Bug 25367 — Also read local authority configuration data from /etc Fix logic error in pk-example-frobnicate Run the open_session part of the PAM stack in pkexec(1) Fix up last comment Bug 25594 – System logging Remove trailing whitespace from log messages Properly handle return value from getpwnam_r() Fix error message when no authentication agent is available Make pkexec(1) validate environment variables Make pkexec(1) use the syslogging facilities Save original cwd in pkexec(1) since it will change during the life-time Complain on stderr, not stdout Post-release version bump to 0.96 Don't log authorization checks Update NEWS for release David Zeuthen, January 15, 2010 -------------- PolicyKit 0.95 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.95. This is supposed to be the last release until 1.0. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.21.4 eggdbus-1 >= 0.6 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam Changes since PolicyKit 0.94: Alexander Sack (1): Bug 24566 – Properly _ref authority in singleton constructor Andreas Sandberg (1): Bug 24235 – polkit-agent-helper may call pam_end with a stale pam handle Bastien Nocera (1): Fix process start time when using polkit_unix_process_new_full() David Zeuthen (20): Post-release version bump to 0.95 Use correct program name when complaining about not being setuid root Sort by action id in pkaction(1) output Bug 23867 – UnixProcess vs. SystemBusName aliasing Implement lockdown for the Local Authority implementation Remove POLKIT_USER from configuration summary Add missing comma so we're save both LANG and LANGUAGE, not only LANGLANGUAGE Pass --libtool to g-ir-scanner Clarify comment on where to find process start-time on Linux Add properties with information about the currently used authority Clarify when AllowUserInteraction should and shouldn't be used Add methods AddLockdownForAction() and RemoveLockdownForAction() Port lockdown from pklalockdown(1) to D-Bus methods Drop ununsed policykit actions Remove TODO about symbol visibility as this has been fixed for a while Clarify pklocalauthority(8) man page Properly validate all arguments passed via D-Bus Add Python example Fix make distcheck Update NEWS for release Matthias Clasen (1): Bug 24640 – Typos in pklocalauthority(8) Michael Biebl (8): Trim the list of exported symbols Use _polkit_agent_marshal prefix Make private symbols accessible to libpolkitagent and libpolkitbackend Make examples optional Enable silent rules Remove POLKIT_USER option Don't include Polkit-1.0.gir in the dist tarball Bug 24176 – Current git master fails to build, GLIB_LDADD -> GLIB_LIBS Samuel Thibault (1): Bug 24495 – Fails to build on platforms without PATH_MAX (like hurd) David Zeuthen, November 13, 2009 -------------- PolicyKit 0.94 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.94. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.21.4 eggdbus-1 >= 0.5 gobject-introspection >= 0.6.2 (optional) pam Changes since PolicyKit 0.93: David Zeuthen (13): Post-release version bump to 0.94 Require correct versions of glib and eggdbus Ignore .pkla files starting with dot and don't segfault on error path Allow unprivileged callers to check authorizations Don't spawn man(1) from a setuid program Add polkit.retains_authorization_after_challenge to authz result Ensure all fds except stdin/stdout/stderr are closed after exec(2) Be more careful when determining process start time Pass the right struct offset for the ::changed class signal handler Don't set the GError if the process doesn't exist Remove temporary authorization when the subject it applies to vanishes Generate GI gir and typelibs for libpolkit-gobject-1 Update NEWS for release Joe Marcus Clarke (1): Bug 23093 – FreeBSD portability fixes David Zeuthen, August 12, 2009 -------------- PolicyKit 0.93 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.93. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.21.4 eggdbus-1 >= 0.5 pam Changes since PolicyKit 0.92: David Zeuthen (16): Post-release version bump to 0.93 GIO modules need to be prefix with lib Cancel an authentication if the unique name for the subject vanishes Plug a couple of memory leaks Move local authority management to a separate library Rip out polkit-local and refactor local authority to only use tmp authz Move authentication agent bits to separate authority subclass Also pass the identity of the subject we are checking for Actually make the local authority look up authorization files In .pkla files, use Result{Any,Inactive,Active} instead of just Result Rename some man pages and the daemon binary Add docs detailing how the Local Authority works Add support for querying and revoking temporary authorizations Fix make distcheck Update TODO Update NEWS for release Yanko Kaneti (2): Use unique ids for sections to prevent them being autogenerated More unique ids to get the docs build fully predictable David Zeuthen, July 20th, 2009 -------------- PolicyKit 0.92 -------------- This is PolicyKit 0.92. WARNING WARNING WARNING: This is a prerelease on the road to PolicyKit 1.0. Public API might change and certain parts of the code still needs some security review. Use at your own risk. Build requirements glib, gobject, gio >= 2.14 eggdbus-1 >= 0.4 pam Changes since PolicyKit 0.91: David Zeuthen (36): post-release version bump to 0.92 install gtkdoc HTML in the proper location Fix D-Bus policy to work with non-permissive D-Bus Only allow privileged apps to check authz and add ActionLookup interface Change the PolkitAuthorizationResult enumeration into an object Port examples and command-line tools to new API Move docs to proper location Add a pkexec(1) command Mention /usr/bin/pkexec in the configure blurb Fix a bug where details were not shown for normal pkexec usage Use an object, not a GHashTable when passing details around Forgot to add source for PolkitDetails Change the defaults for .run-frobnicate to auth_self_keep Require eggdbus-1 >= 0.4 Only free hash table if it's not NULL Avoid returning an error if no authentication agent is available Clarify docs for is_challenge member of the AuthorizationResult struct Add pkcheck(1) command to check for authorizations nullbackend: Catch up with latest API changes Return the icon name instead of a GIcon in PolkitActionDescription Add pkaction(1) and nuke polkit-1(1) commands Update SEE ALSO sections in man pages Add a man page for polkit-1(8) First cut at some high-level docs Improve pkexec(1) man page by adding screenshots of authentication dialogs Add some more API docs Add a "PolicyKit Overview" section to the docs Consolidate all gtk-doc stuff in docs/polkit Expand on the D-Bus docs Use .../extensions instead of ../backends for loading extensions Minor doc fixes Move the doc chapters around a bit Change GNOME to freedesktop.org in the docs Fix make distcheck Update NEWS Also dist polkitd-1.xml Richard Hughes (2): fix up gtk-doc API markup for a couple of functions add a draft version of the porting guide -- WIP David Zeuthen, June 8, 2009