Comment # 2 on bug 1232231 from Matthias Gerstner

This is simply a pkexec action to run the mousepad editor as root. The devs
state themselves in the policy file:

```
<!-- SECURITY:
- A normal active user can run mousepad without elevated rights. They
  may wish to modify a file they normally do not have read/write access
  to. This isn't a good idea, but is common on single user systems.
-->
```

Indeed it isn't a good idea. Running a GUI application as root is not a great
idea. And writing files as root in potentially dangerious file system
locations is also not a great idea.

There is little that can be done to improve on this, though. auth_admin is
required and its only allowed for locally logged in users. People hopefully
know what they are doing when they invoke the editor with privileges.