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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml index 886b16ef9658..579b8d537444 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml @@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ The fourStore and fourStoreEndpoint modules have been removed. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Polkit no longer has the user of uid 0 (root) as an admin identity. + We now follow the upstream default of only having every member of the wheel + group admin privileged. Before it was root and members of wheel. + The positive outcome of this is pkexec GUI popups or terminal prompts + will no longer require the user to choose between two essentially equivalent + choices (whether to perform the action as themselves with wheel permissions, or as the root user). + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> |