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0 pointsdirewolf204mo ago0 comments

How does it do that?

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charcircuit4mo ago· 2 in thread

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

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

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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