Bug 463571

Summary:	Discover has no security.
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	Walter Kargus <waltk4>
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	aleixpol, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.18.7
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Walter Kargus 2022-12-29 00:00:12 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT
Security (a password) is not asked for during an update. 

EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-29 00:33:30 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 5.18.7 is no longer supported by KDE; supported versions are 5.24, and 5.26 or newer.
Your distribution is responsible for providing support for older versions of KDE software.

Please do one of the following:
- Upgrade to a supported version and see if the issue is still relevant
- Report the issue to your distribution

Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2022-12-29 12:28:01 UTC

Discover uses Polkit to authorize actions. Whether or not that asks for a password is a matter of polkit configuration

Comment 3 Aleix Pol 2022-12-30 01:52:33 UTC

Not really, it depends on how PackageKit is configured, not PolKit (although yes, PackageKit uses PolKit). Either way, yes, please reach out to your distro and update to a supported Plasma version.