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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY policykit-download-http "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit-&policykit-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY policykit-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY policykit-md5sum "802fd13ae41f73d79359e5ecb0a98716">
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10 | <!ENTITY policykit-size "1.2 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY policykit-buildsize "11 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY policykit-time "0.4 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="policykit" xreflabel="PolicyKit-&policykit-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="policykit.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>PolicyKit-&policykit-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="policykit">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-PolicyKit">PolicyKit</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to PolicyKit</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>PolicyKit</application> package is an
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33 | application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows
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34 | unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&policykit-download-http;"/></para>
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40 | </listitem>
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&policykit-download-ftp;"/></para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &policykit-md5sum;</para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download size: &policykit-size;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &policykit-buildsize;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated build time: &policykit-time;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | </itemizedlist>
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57 |
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58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PolicyKit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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62 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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63 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
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64 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/></para>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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67 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
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68 |
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69 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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70 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/policykit"/></para>
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71 |
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72 | </sect2>
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73 |
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74 | <sect2 role="installation">
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75 | <title>Installation of PolicyKit</title>
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76 |
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77 | <para>It is a requirement to have a dedicated user and group for
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78 | <application>PolicyKit</application> to function correctly. Issue the
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79 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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80 | user:</para>
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81 |
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82 | <screen><userinput>groupadd -g 27 polkituser &&
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83 | useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null \
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84 | -u 27 -g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser</userinput></screen>
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85 |
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86 | <para>Install <application>PolicyKit</application> by running the following
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87 | commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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88 |
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89 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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90 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/PolicyKit --localstatedir=/var &&
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91 | make</userinput></screen>
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92 |
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93 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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94 |
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95 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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96 |
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97 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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98 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/PolicyKit-&policykit-version; &&
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99 | cp -v -r doc/html /usr/share/doc/PolicyKit-&policykit-version;</userinput></screen>
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100 |
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101 | </sect2>
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102 |
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103 | <sect2 role="commands">
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104 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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105 |
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106 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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107 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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108 |
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109 | </sect2>
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110 |
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111 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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112 | <title>Configuring PolicyKit</title>
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113 |
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114 | <sect3 id="PolicyKit-config">
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115 | <title>Config Files</title>
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116 | <para><filename>/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf</filename></para>
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117 |
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118 | <indexterm zone="policykit PolicyKit-config">
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119 | <primary sortas="e-etc-PolicyKit-PolicyKit.conf">/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf</primary>
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120 | </indexterm>
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121 | </sect3>
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122 |
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123 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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124 |
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125 | <para>See manual page PolicyKit.conf(5).</para>
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126 |
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127 | </sect3>
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128 |
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129 | </sect2>
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130 |
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131 | <sect2 role="content">
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132 | <title>Contents</title>
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133 |
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134 | <segmentedlist>
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135 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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136 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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137 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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138 |
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139 | <seglistitem>
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140 | <seg>polkit-auth, polkit-policy-file-validate,
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141 | polkit-config-file-validate, polkit-action, polkit-read-auth-helper,
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142 | polkit-grant-helper-pam, polkit-grant-helper, polkit-revoke-helper,
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143 | polkitd, polkit-explicit-grant-helper, polkit-set-default-helper,
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144 | and polkit-resolve-exe-helper</seg>
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145 | <seg>libpolkit.{so,a}, libpolkit-dbus.{so,a}, and libpolkit-grant.{so,a}</seg>
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146 | <seg>/etc/PolicyKit, /usr/lib/PolicyKit, /usr/include/PolicyKit/polkit,
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147 | /usr/include/PolicyKit/polkit-dbus, /usr/include/PolicyKit/polkit-grant,
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148 | /usr/share/PolicyKit/policy, /var/lib/misc, /var/lib/PolicyKit,
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149 | /var/lib/PolicyKit-public, and /usr/share/doc/PolicyKit-&policykit-version;</seg>
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150 | </seglistitem>
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151 | </segmentedlist>
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152 |
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153 | <variablelist>
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154 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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155 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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156 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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157 |
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158 | <varlistentry id="polkit-auth">
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159 | <term><command>polkit-auth</command></term>
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160 | <listitem>
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161 | <para>is used to inspect, obtain, grant and revoke
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162 | <application>PolicyKit</application> authorizations.</para>
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163 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-auth">
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164 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-auth">polkit-auth</primary>
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165 | </indexterm>
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166 | </listitem>
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167 | </varlistentry>
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168 |
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169 | <varlistentry id="polkit-policy-file-validate">
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170 | <term><command>polkit-policy-file-validate</command></term>
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171 | <listitem>
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172 | <para>is used to verify that one or more
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173 | <application>PolicyKit</application> .policy files are valid.</para>
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174 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-policy-file-validate">
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175 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-policy-file-validate">polkit-policy-file-validate</primary>
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176 | </indexterm>
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177 | </listitem>
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178 | </varlistentry>
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179 |
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180 | <varlistentry id="polkit-config-file-validate">
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181 | <term><command>polkit-config-file-validate</command></term>
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182 | <listitem>
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183 | <para>is used to verify that a given <application>PolicyKit</application>
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184 | configuration file is valid.</para>
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185 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-config-file-validate">
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186 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-config-file-validate">polkit-config-file-validate</primary>
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187 | </indexterm>
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188 | </listitem>
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189 | </varlistentry>
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190 |
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191 | <varlistentry id="polkit-action">
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192 | <term><command>polkit-action</command></term>
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193 | <listitem>
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194 | <para>is used to list and modify the <application>PolicyKit</application>
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195 | actions that are registered on the system.</para>
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196 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-action">
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197 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-action">polkit-action</primary>
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198 | </indexterm>
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199 | </listitem>
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200 | </varlistentry>
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201 |
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202 | <varlistentry id="polkit-read-auth-helper">
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203 | <term><command>polkit-read-auth-helper</command></term>
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204 | <listitem>
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205 | <para>is the setgid polkituser helper for
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206 | <application>PolicyKit</application> to read authorizations.</para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-read-auth-helper">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-read-auth-helper">polkit-read-auth-helper</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | <varlistentry id="polkit-grant-helper-pam">
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214 | <term><command>polkit-grant-helper-pam</command></term>
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215 | <listitem>
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216 | <para>is the setuid root pam grant helper for <application>PolicyKit</application>.</para>
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217 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-grant-helper-pam">
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218 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-grant-helper-pam">polkit-grant-helper-pam</primary>
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219 | </indexterm>
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220 | </listitem>
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221 | </varlistentry>
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222 |
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223 | <varlistentry id="polkit-grant-helper">
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224 | <term><command>polkit-grant-helper</command></term>
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225 | <listitem>
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226 | <para>is the setgid polkituser grant helper for <application>PolicyKit</application>.</para>
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227 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-grant-helper">
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228 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-grant-helper">polkit-grant-helper</primary>
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229 | </indexterm>
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230 | </listitem>
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231 | </varlistentry>
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232 |
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233 | <varlistentry id="polkit-revoke-helper">
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234 | <term><command>polkit-revoke-helper</command></term>
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235 | <listitem>
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236 | <para>is used to revoke authorizations.</para>
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237 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-revoke-helper">
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238 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-revoke-helper">polkit-revoke-helper</primary>
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239 | </indexterm>
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240 | </listitem>
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241 | </varlistentry>
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242 |
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243 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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244 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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245 | <listitem>
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246 | <para>is the <application>PolicyKit</application> daemon.</para>
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247 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkitd">
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248 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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249 | </indexterm>
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250 | </listitem>
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251 | </varlistentry>
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252 |
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253 | <varlistentry id="polkit-explicit-grant-helper">
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254 | <term><command>polkit-explicit-grant-helper</command></term>
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255 | <listitem>
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256 | <para>is used to grant authorizations.</para>
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257 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-explicit-grant-helper">
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258 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-explicit-grant-helper">polkit-explicit-grant-helper</primary>
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259 | </indexterm>
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260 | </listitem>
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261 | </varlistentry>
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262 |
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263 | <varlistentry id="polkit-set-default-helper">
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264 | <term><command>polkit-set-default-helper</command></term>
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265 | <listitem>
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266 | <para>is the setgid polkituser helper for <application>PolicyKit</application>.</para>
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267 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-set-default-helper">
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268 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-set-default-helper">polkit-set-default-helper</primary>
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269 | </indexterm>
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270 | </listitem>
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271 | </varlistentry>
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272 |
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273 | <varlistentry id="polkit-resolve-exe-helper">
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274 | <term><command>polkit-resolve-exe-helper</command></term>
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275 | <listitem>
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276 | <para>is used to find the executable name for a process.</para>
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277 | <indexterm zone="policykit polkit-resolve-exe-helper">
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278 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-resolve-exe-helper">polkit-resolve-exe-helper</primary>
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279 | </indexterm>
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280 | </listitem>
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281 | </varlistentry>
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282 |
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283 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit">
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284 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit.{so,a}</filename></term>
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285 | <listitem>
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286 | <para>contains the <application>PolicyKit</application> API functions.</para>
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287 | <indexterm zone="policykit libpolkit">
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288 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit">libpolkit.{so,a}</primary>
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289 | </indexterm>
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290 | </listitem>
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291 | </varlistentry>
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292 |
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293 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-dbus">
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294 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-dbus.{so,a}</filename></term>
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295 | <listitem>
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296 | <para>contains functions for obtaining seat, session and caller
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297 | information via <application>D-Bus</application> and
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298 | <application>ConsoleKit</application>.</para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="policykit libpolkit-dbus">
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300 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-dbus">libpolkit-dbus.{so,a}</primary>
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301 | </indexterm>
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302 | </listitem>
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303 | </varlistentry>
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304 |
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305 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-grant">
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306 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-grant.{so,a}</filename></term>
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307 | <listitem>
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308 | <para>contains functions for obtaining authorizations through authentication.</para>
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309 | <indexterm zone="policykit libpolkit-grant">
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310 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-grant">libpolkit-grant.{so,a}</primary>
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311 | </indexterm>
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312 | </listitem>
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313 | </varlistentry>
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314 |
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315 | </variablelist>
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316 |
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317 | </sect2>
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318 |
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319 | </sect1>
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