[glib: 3/7] GDBusAuthObserver: Fix mixup between authentication and authorization
- From: Philip Withnall <pwithnall src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib: 3/7] GDBusAuthObserver: Fix mixup between authentication and authorization
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:31:09 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1da3280b9e2046b10e1868c84686745aa4a67ac8
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>
Date: Wed Jun 5 13:47:09 2019 +0100
GDBusAuthObserver: Fix mixup between authentication and authorization
Authentication is about proving who I am; authorization is about
whether, given the knowledge of who I am, I am allowed to do something.
GDBusServer and GDBusConnection carry out authentication automatically,
but rely on the library user to carry out authorization.
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>
gio/gdbusauthobserver.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/gio/gdbusauthobserver.c b/gio/gdbusauthobserver.c
index e89ff0e2e..2cf995f0c 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusauthobserver.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusauthobserver.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
* signals you are interested in. Note that new signals may be added
* in the future
*
- * ## Controlling Authentication # {#auth-observer}
+ * ## Controlling Authorization # {#auth-observer}
*
* By default, a #GDBusServer or server-side #GDBusConnection will accept
* connections from any successfully authenticated user (but not from
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