[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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[b84342d6] | 7 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-http
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| 8 | "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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[9d3d8a8] | 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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[01996ebb] | 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "739d1ca4bf3462175030ce3d7771d7fa">
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[bb947c32] | 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "1.4 MB">
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[01996ebb] | 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "16 MB">
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[b84342d6] | 13 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.5 SBU">
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[9d3d8a8] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[01996ebb] | 16 | <sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="Polkit-&polkit-version;">
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[9d3d8a8] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="polkit.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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[01996ebb] | 24 | <title>Polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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[01996ebb] | 27 | <primary sortas="a-Polkit">Polkit</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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[01996ebb] | 31 | <title>Introduction to Polkit</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 32 |
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[b84342d6] | 33 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 34 | <application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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| 35 | authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak
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| 36 | to privileged processes.
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[b84342d6] | 37 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 38 |
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[55b07cb] | 39 | &lfs71_checked;
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[27e62762] | 40 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &polkit-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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[01996ebb] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[9d3d8a8] | 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 78 | <para role="required">
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[01996ebb] | 79 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="intltool"/> and
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| 81 | <xref linkend="SpiderMonkey"/>
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[4c2be438] | 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="optional">
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| 86 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 87 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 88 |
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| 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 90 | <para role="optional">
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[4c2be438] | 91 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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| 93 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
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| 95 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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| 96 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 97 |
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| 98 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 99 | <para>
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| 100 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed then <xref linkend="DocBook"/>
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| 101 | and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are required.
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| 102 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 103 | </note>
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[9d3d8a8] | 104 |
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| 105 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[37aba7f] | 106 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/>
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| 107 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[01996ebb] | 111 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 112 |
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[b84342d6] | 113 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 114 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 115 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 116 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 117 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 121 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 122 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>
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| 125 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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[37aba7f] | 126 | commands:
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[b84342d6] | 127 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 128 |
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[b84342d6] | 129 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 130 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 131 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 132 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 \
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| 133 | --with-authfw=shadow \
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| 134 | --disable-static &&
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[9d3d8a8] | 135 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 136 |
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[b84342d6] | 137 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 138 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[b84342d6] | 139 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 140 |
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[b84342d6] | 141 | <para>
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| 142 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 143 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 144 |
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| 145 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 150 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 151 |
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[b84342d6] | 152 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 153 | <parameter>--with-authfw=shadow</parameter>: This parameter configures the
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| 154 | package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 155 | <application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Remove it if
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| 156 | you would like to use <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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[b84342d6] | 157 | </para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 160 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[875b4070] | 161 |
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[e05cd03f] | 162 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[b84342d6] | 163 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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[9d3d8a8] | 164 |
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| 165 | </sect2>
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| 166 |
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[a6bd736] | 167 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[01996ebb] | 168 | <title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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[a6bd736] | 169 |
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| 170 | <sect3>
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| 171 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 174 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 175 | If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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[b84342d6] | 176 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this section.
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[a6bd736] | 177 | </para>
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| 178 | </note>
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| 179 |
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[b84342d6] | 180 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 181 | If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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[b84342d6] | 182 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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| 183 | default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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[01996ebb] | 184 | <application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS.
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[b84342d6] | 185 | </para>
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[a6bd736] | 186 |
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[b84342d6] | 187 | <para>
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| 188 | Issue the following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 189 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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[a6bd736] | 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 193 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 194 |
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| 195 | auth include system-auth
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| 196 | account include system-account
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| 197 | password include system-password
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| 198 | session include system-session
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| 199 |
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| 200 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 201 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | </sect3>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | </sect2>
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| 206 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 207 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 208 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <segmentedlist>
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| 211 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 212 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 213 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <seglistitem>
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[b84342d6] | 216 | <seg>
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[01996ebb] | 217 | pkaction, pkcheck, pk-example-frobnicate, pkexec,
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[b84342d6] | 218 | pkttyagent and polkitd
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| 219 | </seg>
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| 220 | <seg>
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[01996ebb] | 221 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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[b84342d6] | 222 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 223 | </seg>
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| 224 | <seg>
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[01996ebb] | 225 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 226 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 227 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 228 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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| 229 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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[b84342d6] | 230 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 231 | </seglistitem>
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| 232 | </segmentedlist>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <variablelist>
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| 235 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 236 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 237 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 240 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 242 | <para>
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| 243 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.
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| 244 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 245 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 247 | </indexterm>
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| 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 | </varlistentry>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 252 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 253 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 254 | <para>
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| 255 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.
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| 256 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 257 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 264 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 266 | <para>
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| 267 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.
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| 268 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 269 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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[b84342d6] | 275 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 276 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 277 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 278 | <para>
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| 279 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject.
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| 280 | </para>
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| 281 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 282 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 283 | </indexterm>
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| 284 | </listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 285 | </varlistentry>
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[9d3d8a8] | 286 |
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[875b4070] | 287 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 288 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 289 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 290 | <para>
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| 291 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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| 292 | service on the system message bus.
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| 293 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 294 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 295 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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[b84342d6] | 301 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 302 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 303 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 304 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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[b84342d6] | 305 | agent API functions.
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| 306 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 307 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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[b84342d6] | 308 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[b84342d6] | 314 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 315 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 316 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 317 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions.
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[b84342d6] | 318 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 319 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[b84342d6] | 320 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | </variablelist>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | </sect2>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | </sect1>
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