[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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[bb947c32] | 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "e380b4c6fb1e7bccf854e92edc0a8ce1">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "1.4 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "9 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.3 SBU">
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[9d3d8a8] | 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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[875b4070] | 36 | &lfs70_checked;
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[27e62762] | 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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[bb947c32] | 63 | <para role="required">
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| 64 | <xref linkend="expat"/>,
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| 65 | <xref linkend="intltool"/> and
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[875b4070] | 66 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 69 | <para role="optional">
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| 70 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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| 71 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 73 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 74 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
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[875b4070] | 75 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <note>
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| 78 | <para>If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed then <xref
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| 79 | linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are required.</para>
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| 80 | </note>
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[9d3d8a8] | 81 |
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| 82 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 83 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/></para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of polkit</title>
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[a6bd736] | 89 | <!--
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[9d3d8a8] | 90 | <para>It is a requirement to have a dedicated user and group for
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| 91 | <application>polkit</application> to function correctly. Issue the
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| 92 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 93 | user:</para>
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| 94 |
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[214718a] | 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkituser &&
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| 96 | useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null -u 27 \
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| 97 | -g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser || [ $? == 9 ]</userinput></screen>
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[a6bd736] | 98 | -->
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[9d3d8a8] | 99 |
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| 100 | <para>Install <application>polkit</application> by running the following
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[ac3ba371] | 101 | commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 102 |
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[875b4070] | 103 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 104 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 105 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 \
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| 106 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 107 | --with-authfw=shadow &&
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[9d3d8a8] | 108 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | </sect2>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 119 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 120 |
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[875b4070] | 121 | <para><parameter>--with-authfw=shadow</parameter>: This parameter will use
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| 122 | the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 123 | <application>Linux-PAM</application> Authentication framework. Remove it if
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| 124 | you would like to use <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para>
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[bb947c32] | 125 | <para><parameter>--disable-static</parameter>: This will prevent the static
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| 126 | libraries from being built.</para>
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[875b4070] | 127 |
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[e05cd03f] | 128 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[9d3d8a8] | 129 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | </sect2>
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| 132 |
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[a6bd736] | 133 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 134 | <title>Configuring polkit</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <sect3 id="polkit-config">
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| 137 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para><filename>/etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/*</filename></para>
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| 140 | </sect3>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <sect3>
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| 143 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <note>
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| 146 | <para>If you did not build <application>polkit</application> with
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| 147 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this section.
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 | </note>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <para>If you built <application>polkit</application> with
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| 152 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you will need to modify
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| 153 | the pam configuration file which was installed by default to get
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| 154 | <application>polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS.</para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <para>Issue the following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 157 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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| 158 | </para>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 161 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 162 |
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| 163 | auth include system-auth
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| 164 | account include system-account
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| 165 | password include system-password
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| 166 | session include system-session
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| 167 |
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| 168 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 169 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | </sect3>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | </sect2>
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| 174 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 175 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 176 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <segmentedlist>
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| 179 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 180 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 181 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <seglistitem>
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[875b4070] | 184 | <seg>pk-example-frobnicate, pkaction, pkcheck, pkexec,
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[9d3d8a8] | 185 | polkit-agent-helper-1, and polkitd</seg>
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[875b4070] | 186 | <seg>libnullbackend.{so,a}, libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a},
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[bb947c32] | 187 | libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a} and libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</seg>
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| 188 | <seg>/etc/polkit-1, /usr/include/polkit-1, /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 189 | /usr/share/polkit-1 and /var/lib/polkit-1</seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 190 | </seglistitem>
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| 191 | </segmentedlist>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <variablelist>
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| 194 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 195 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 196 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 197 |
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[875b4070] | 198 | <!-- <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 199 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 207 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 208 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 209 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.</para>
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| 212 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 213 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 214 | </indexterm>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 219 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.</para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 229 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 230 | <listitem>
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| 231 | <para>allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.</para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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[875b4070] | 238 | <!-- <varlistentry id="polkit-agent-helper-1">
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[9d3d8a8] | 239 | <term><command>polkit-agent-helper-1</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkit-agent-helper-1">
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| 243 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-agent-helper-1">polkit-agent-helper-1</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 247 |
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[875b4070] | 248 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 249 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
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| 252 | <application>D-Bus</application> service on the system message bus.</para>
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[875b4070] | 253 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 254 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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[875b4070] | 259 | <varlistentry id="libnullbackend">
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| 260 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnullbackend.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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[a6bd736] | 262 | <para>PolicyKit null backend</para>
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[875b4070] | 263 | <indexterm zone="polkit libnullbackend">
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| 264 | <primary sortas="c-libnullbackend">libnullbackend.{so,a}</primary>
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| 265 | </indexterm>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | </varlistentry>
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| 268 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 269 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 270 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authentication
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| 273 | agent API functions.</para>
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| 274 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 275 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</primary>
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| 276 | </indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-backend-1">
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| 281 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> backend API
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| 284 | functions.</para>
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| 285 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-backend-1">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-backend-1">libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 292 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 293 | <listitem>
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| 294 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authorization API
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| 295 | functions.</para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | </variablelist>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | </sect2>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | </sect1>
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