912994 – sys-auth/polkit: pkexec doesn't completely respect working directories

Bug 912994 - sys-auth/polkit: pkexec doesn't completely respect working directories

Summary: sys-auth/polkit: pkexec doesn't completely respect working directories

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Freedesktop bugs

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Reported:	2023-08-25 09:28 UTC by Neko-san
Modified:	2025-01-01 15:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/204 https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/205
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Description Neko-san 2023-08-25 09:28:41 UTC

Created attachment 868675 [details]
Emerge Info

Running pkexec as a substitute for sudo or doas (I personally use doas but I noticed this behavior about pkexec) causes an issue if you use commands using relative context; an example:

cd /tmp
pkexec mkdir -p somefolder/subfolder

Will actually cause polkit to make folders in /root rather than where the command was ran from; this isn't ideal behavior for an authentication program

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2023-08-28 15:29:14 UTC

Please report this upstream and link it here.

Comment 2 Neko-san 2023-08-28 22:04:42 UTC

Here's the new upstream report:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/204

Comment 3 wxviolation 2025-01-01 15:16:23 UTC

https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/205