[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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[60caf48] | 7 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-http "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/archive/&polkit-version;/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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[f47c6a6b] | 8 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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[60caf48] | 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "5687b19e9ca9a0225957b8967d8f4458">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "740 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "8.9 MB (with tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.2 SBU (with tests, using parallelism=4)">
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[9d3d8a8] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[01996ebb] | 15 | <sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="Polkit-&polkit-version;">
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[9d3d8a8] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="polkit.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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[01996ebb] | 22 | <title>Polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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[01996ebb] | 25 | <primary sortas="a-Polkit">Polkit</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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[01996ebb] | 29 | <title>Introduction to Polkit</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 30 |
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[b84342d6] | 31 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 32 | <application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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[9ca304a] | 33 | authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to
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[30f82900] | 34 | communicate with privileged processes.
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[b84342d6] | 35 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 36 |
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[f1a479c7] | 37 | &lfs111_checked;
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[27e62762] | 38 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &polkit-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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[ad539dbe] | 72 |
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[7e280b45] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[ad539dbe] | 75 | <listitem>
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[4a0b346] | 76 | <para>
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[7e280b45] | 77 | Required patch:
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[4483a9a] | 78 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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[4a0b346] | 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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[b5b1af68] | 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>
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| 83 | Required patch:
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| 84 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-js91-1.patch"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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[3b40dbb3] | 87 | </itemizedlist>
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[ad539dbe] | 88 |
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[01996ebb] | 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[9d3d8a8] | 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 92 | <para role="required">
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[6d03f3e] | 93 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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[b5b1af68] | 94 | <xref linkend="js91"/>
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[4c2be438] | 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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[51dfb3e] | 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 98 | <para role="recommended">
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[59f6a1f] | 99 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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[6288de8] | 101 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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[7cb46359] | 102 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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[8558044] | 103 | and <xref role="first" linkend="elogind"/>
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[7cb46359] | 104 | </phrase>
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[f586237] | 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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[51dfb3e] | 107 | <note>
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[f586237] | 108 | <para>
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[51dfb3e] | 109 | Since <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 110 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 111 | uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build
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| 112 | <application>Polkit</application> with PAM support so
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| 113 | <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 114 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 115 | can track <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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[f586237] | 116 | </para>
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| 117 | </note>
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| 118 |
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| 119 |
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[59f6a1f] | 120 | <!-- Due to the fact that meson will not autodetect g-i and
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| 121 | has it set to required unless you pass an option, and the likelihood
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| 122 | of users ignoring a command explanation and then sending in mails
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| 123 | regarding KDE or GNOME not working after installing polkit, let's move
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| 124 | it to recommended. See #15640 for logic
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[4c2be438] | 125 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 126 | <para role="optional">
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| 127 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 128 | </para>
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[59f6a1f] | 129 | -->
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[9d3d8a8] | 130 |
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| 131 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 132 | <para role="optional">
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[bf654b1] | 133 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> and
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| 134 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> (both needed for tests), and
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[59f6a1f] | 135 | <!--<xref linkend="DocBook"/>, (Part of libxslt's chain)
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| 136 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,-->
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| 137 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
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[f586237] | 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 141 | <para role="required" revision="systemd">
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[96e9478] | 142 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
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[4c2be438] | 143 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 144 |
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[f13e9026] | 145 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="polkit-agent" xreflabel="Polkit Authentication Agent">
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| 146 | Optional Runtime Dependencies
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| 147 | </bridgehead>
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[fee64868] | 148 | <para role="optional">
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| 149 | One polkit authentication agent for using polkit in the graphical
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| 150 | environment:
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| 151 | <application>polkit-kde-agent</application> in
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| 152 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="plasma5-build"/> for KDE,
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| 153 | the agent built in
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| 154 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-shell"/> for GNOME3,
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| 155 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit-gnome"/> for XFCE, and
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| 156 | <application>lxpolkit</application> in
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| 157 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="lxsession"/> for LXDE.
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| 158 | </para>
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| 159 |
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[875b4070] | 160 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 161 | <para>
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[f586237] | 162 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed,
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| 163 | then <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are
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| 164 | required. If you have installed <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do
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| 165 | not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will
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[59f6a1f] | 166 | need to use <option>-Dman=false</option> in the instructions
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[f586237] | 167 | below.
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[b84342d6] | 168 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 169 | </note>
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[9d3d8a8] | 170 |
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| 171 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[37aba7f] | 172 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/>
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| 173 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 174 | </sect2>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[01996ebb] | 177 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 178 |
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[b84342d6] | 179 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 180 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 181 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 182 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 183 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 187 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 188 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 189 |
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[59f6a1f] | 190 | <para>
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| 191 | First, fix problems with setting permissions during installation and with
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| 192 | meson-0.60.0:
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| 193 | </para>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/0,/s/^/#/' -i meson_post_install.py &&
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| 196 | sed '/policy,/d' -i actions/meson.build \
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| 197 | -i src/examples/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[7e280b45] | 198 |
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| 199 | <para>
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[4483a9a] | 200 | Apply a patch to fix two security issues:
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[7e280b45] | 201 | </para>
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| 202 |
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[4483a9a] | 203 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[7e280b45] | 204 |
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[b5b1af68] | 205 | <para>
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| 206 | Port this package to use JS-91:
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-js91-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 210 |
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[01996ebb] | 211 | <para>
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| 212 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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[37aba7f] | 213 | commands:
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[b84342d6] | 214 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 215 |
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[59f6a1f] | 216 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 217 | cd build &&
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| 218 |
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| 219 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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[60caf48] | 220 | --buildtype=release \
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[59f6a1f] | 221 | -Dman=true \
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| 222 | -Dsession_tracking=libsystemd-login \
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[60caf48] | 223 | -Dtests=true \
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[59f6a1f] | 224 | .. &&
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| 225 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[51dfb3e] | 226 |
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[59f6a1f] | 227 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 228 | cd build &&
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| 229 |
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| 230 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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[60caf48] | 231 | --buildtype=release \
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[59f6a1f] | 232 | -Dman=true \
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| 233 | -Dsession_tracking=libelogind \
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| 234 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/tmp \
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[60caf48] | 235 | -Dtests=true \
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[59f6a1f] | 236 | .. &&
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| 237 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 238 |
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[60caf48] | 239 | <!--
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| 240 | "-t3" for raising the timeout to 90s, i. e. 3x the default:
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| 241 | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/merge_requests/107
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| 242 | -->
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[b84342d6] | 243 | <para>
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[8558044] | 244 | To test the results, first ensure that the system
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[bf654b1] | 245 | <application>D-Bus</application> daemon is running,
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| 246 | and both <xref linkend='dbus-python'/> and
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| 247 | <xref linkend='python-dbusmock'/> are installed.
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[60caf48] | 248 | Then run <command>meson test -t3</command>.
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[59f6a1f] | 249 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 250 |
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[b84342d6] | 251 | <para>
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| 252 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 253 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 254 |
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[59f6a1f] | 255 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 258 | rm -v /tmp/*.service</userinput></screen>
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[9d3d8a8] | 259 |
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| 260 | </sect2>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 263 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 264 |
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[7e280b45] | 265 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 266 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 267 |
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[492cca2c] | 268 | <para>
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| 269 | <parameter>-Dtests=true</parameter>: This switch allows to run the
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| 270 | test suite of this package. As <application>Polkit</application> is
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| 271 | used for authorizations, its integrity can affect system security.
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| 272 | So it's recommended to run the test suite building this package.
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| 273 | </para>
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| 274 |
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[59f6a1f] | 275 | <!--
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[4a0b346] | 276 | <para revision="sysv">
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[59f6a1f] | 277 | <parameter>- -disable-libsystemd-login</parameter>: This switch forces
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[4a0b346] | 278 | polkit to build with elogind support (if available) rather than
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| 279 | systemd-logind.
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| 280 | </para>
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| 281 |
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[7a9a7b26] | 282 |
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[ad539dbe] | 283 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 284 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[59f6a1f] | 285 | -->
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[7a9a7b26] | 286 |
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[51dfb3e] | 287 | <para>
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[59f6a1f] | 288 | <option>-Dauthfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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[f586237] | 289 | package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 290 | <application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Use it
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| 291 | if you have not installed <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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[b84342d6] | 292 | </para>
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| 293 |
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[59f6a1f] | 294 | <!--
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[e05cd03f] | 295 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[51dfb3e] | 296 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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[59f6a1f] | 297 | -->
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <para>
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| 300 | <option>-Dintrospection=false</option>: Use this option if you are certain
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| 301 | that you do not need gobject-introspection files for polkit, or do not have
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| 302 | gobject-introspection installed.
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| 303 | </para>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <para>
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| 306 | <option>-Dman=false</option>: Use this option to disable generating and
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| 307 | installing manual pages. This is useful if libxslt is not installed.
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| 308 | </para>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <para>
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| 311 | <option>-Dexamples=true</option>: Use this option to build the example
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| 312 | programs.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <para>
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| 316 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this option to enable building and
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| 317 | installing the API documentation.
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| 318 | </para>
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[51dfb3e] | 319 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 320 | </sect2>
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| 321 |
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[a6bd736] | 322 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[01996ebb] | 323 | <title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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[a6bd736] | 324 |
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| 325 | <sect3>
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| 326 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 329 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 330 | If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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[ad539dbe] | 331 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this
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| 332 | section.
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[a6bd736] | 333 | </para>
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| 334 | </note>
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| 335 |
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[b84342d6] | 336 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 337 | If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 338 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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[9ca304a] | 339 | the default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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| 340 | <application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS. Issue the
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| 341 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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[b84342d6] | 342 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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[a6bd736] | 343 | </para>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 346 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 347 |
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| 348 | auth include system-auth
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| 349 | account include system-account
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| 350 | password include system-password
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| 351 | session include system-session
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| 352 |
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| 353 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 354 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | </sect3>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | </sect2>
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| 359 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 360 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 361 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | <segmentedlist>
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| 364 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 365 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 366 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <seglistitem>
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[b84342d6] | 369 | <seg>
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[59f6a1f] | 370 | pkaction, pkcheck, <!--pk-example-frobnicate,--> pkexec,
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[f342c0a9] | 371 | pkttyagent and polkitd
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[b84342d6] | 372 | </seg>
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| 373 | <seg>
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[0d7900a] | 374 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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[b84342d6] | 375 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 376 | </seg>
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[028759b] | 377 | <seg>
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[01996ebb] | 378 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 379 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 380 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 381 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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[028759b] | 382 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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[b84342d6] | 383 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 384 | </seglistitem>
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| 385 | </segmentedlist>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <variablelist>
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| 388 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 389 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 390 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 393 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 394 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 395 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 396 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions
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[b84342d6] | 397 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 398 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 399 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 400 | </indexterm>
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| 401 | </listitem>
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| 402 | </varlistentry>
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| 403 |
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| 404 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 405 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 406 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 407 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 408 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action
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[b84342d6] | 409 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 410 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 411 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 412 | </indexterm>
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| 413 | </listitem>
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| 414 | </varlistentry>
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| 415 |
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[59f6a1f] | 416 | <!--
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[72d90b67] | 417 | <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 418 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 419 | <listitem>
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| 420 | <para>
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| 421 | is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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[4c24eb0a] | 422 | command
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[72d90b67] | 423 | </para>
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| 424 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 425 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 426 | </indexterm>
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| 427 | </listitem>
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| 428 | </varlistentry>
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[59f6a1f] | 429 | -->
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[7a9a7b26] | 430 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 431 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 432 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 433 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 434 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 435 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user
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[b84342d6] | 436 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 437 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 438 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 439 | </indexterm>
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| 440 | </listitem>
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| 441 | </varlistentry>
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| 442 |
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[b84342d6] | 443 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 444 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 445 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 446 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 447 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject
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[b84342d6] | 448 | </para>
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| 449 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 450 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 451 | </indexterm>
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| 452 | </listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 453 | </varlistentry>
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[9d3d8a8] | 454 |
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[875b4070] | 455 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 456 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 457 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 458 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 459 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 460 | service on the system message bus
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[b84342d6] | 461 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 462 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 463 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 464 | </indexterm>
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| 465 | </listitem>
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| 466 | </varlistentry>
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| 467 |
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| 468 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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[4c24eb0a] | 469 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 470 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 471 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 472 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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[4c24eb0a] | 473 | agent API functions
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[b84342d6] | 474 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 475 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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[b84342d6] | 476 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 477 | </indexterm>
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| 478 | </listitem>
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| 479 | </varlistentry>
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| 480 |
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| 481 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[4c24eb0a] | 482 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 483 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 484 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 485 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions
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[b84342d6] | 486 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 487 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[b84342d6] | 488 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 489 | </indexterm>
|
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| 490 | </listitem>
|
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| 491 | </varlistentry>
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| 492 |
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| 493 | </variablelist>
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| 494 |
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| 495 | </sect2>
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| 496 |
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| 497 | </sect1>
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