Is it safe to disable PolicyKit service?

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Issue

  • What is PolicyKit? Is it possible to disable the PolicyKit service?
  • What are the consequences of disabling polkitd?
  • How to disable polkitd?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • polkitd

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