[9d3d8a8] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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 polkit-download-http "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "5abc9f858e7b614ef41161db36d53915">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "986 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "17 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.3 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="polkit-&polkit-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="polkit.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>polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-polkit">polkit</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 polkit</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>polkit</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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[27e62762] | 36 | &lfs65_checked;
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| 37 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download size: &polkit-size;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated build time: &polkit-time;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | </itemizedlist>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 63 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="eggdbus"/>,
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[23325b0] | 64 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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[9d3d8a8] | 65 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 66 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>, and
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| 67 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/></para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="expat"/> and
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| 71 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 74 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/></para>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | </sect2>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 79 | <title>Installation of polkit</title>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <para>It is a requirement to have a dedicated user and group for
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| 82 | <application>polkit</application> to function correctly. Issue the
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| 83 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 84 | user:</para>
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| 85 |
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[214718a] | 86 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkituser &&
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| 87 | useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null -u 27 \
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| 88 | -g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser || [ $? == 9 ]</userinput></screen>
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[9d3d8a8] | 89 |
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| 90 | <para>Install <application>polkit</application> by running the following
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[ac3ba371] | 91 | commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 92 |
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| 93 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 94 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var &&
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| 95 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | </sect2>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 106 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 107 |
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[e05cd03f] | 108 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[9d3d8a8] | 109 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 114 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <segmentedlist>
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| 117 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 118 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 119 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <seglistitem>
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| 122 | <seg>pkaction, pkcheck, pk-example-frobnicate, pkexec,
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| 123 | polkit-agent-helper-1, and polkitd</seg>
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| 124 | <seg>libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}, libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a},
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| 125 | libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}, libnullbackend.{so,a}, and
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| 126 | libpkexec-action-lookup.{so,a}</seg>
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| 127 | <seg>/etc/polkit-1/{localauthority.conf.d,nullbackend.conf.d},
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| 128 | /usr/{include/polkit-1/{polkit,polkitagent,polkitbackend},
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| 129 | lib/polkit-1/extensions,share/polkit-1/actions},
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| 130 | /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/{10-vendor.d,20-org.d,30-site.d,
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| 131 | 50-local.d,90-mandatory.d}</seg>
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| 132 | </seglistitem>
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| 133 | </segmentedlist>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <variablelist>
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| 136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 138 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 141 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.</para>
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| 144 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 145 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 146 | </indexterm>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 151 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 152 | <listitem>
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| 153 | <para>is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.</para>
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 156 | </indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <!-- <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 161 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 171 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 172 | <listitem>
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| 173 | <para>allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.</para>
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| 174 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</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-agent-helper-1">
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| 181 | <term><command>polkit-agent-helper-1</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkit-agent-helper-1">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-agent-helper-1">polkit-agent-helper-1</primary>
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| 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <varlistentry id="polkitd-0.94">
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| 191 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
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| 194 | <application>D-Bus</application> service on the system message bus.</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd-0.94">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 202 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authentication
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| 205 | agent API functions.</para>
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 207 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</primary>
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| 208 | </indexterm>
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| 209 | </listitem>
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| 210 | </varlistentry>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-backend-1">
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| 213 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 214 | <listitem>
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| 215 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> backend API
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| 216 | functions.</para>
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-backend-1">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-backend-1">libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</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="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 224 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authorization API
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| 227 | functions.</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="libnullbackend">
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| 235 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnullbackend.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>is an extension library.</para>
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| 238 | <indexterm zone="polkit libnullbackend">
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| 239 | <primary sortas="c-libnullbackend">libnullbackend.{so,a}</primary>
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| 240 | </indexterm>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <varlistentry id="libpkexec-action-lookup">
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| 245 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpkexec-action-lookup.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 246 | <listitem>
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| 247 | <para>is an extension library.</para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpkexec-action-lookup">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="c-libpkexec-action-lookup">libpkexec-action-lookup.{so,a}</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | </variablelist>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | </sect2>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | </sect1>
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