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Comment by direwolf20

16 days ago

How does it do that?

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charcircuit  16 days ago

There are many ways from passkeys to SAML. Though for complex methods we may want a dedicated services outside the kernel.

  • direwolf20  15 days ago

    How does that service get launched with the privilege to switch to any user?

    • charcircuit  15 days ago

      The kernel can start a process with any user it wants. The user doesn't have to switch during the process's life.

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