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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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[f47c6a6b] | 7 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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[59f6a1f] | 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "a6efe21d021fafe4191ee30331ef801c">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "1.6 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "12 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.1 SBU (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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[3b40dbb3] | 81 | </itemizedlist>
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[ad539dbe] | 82 |
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[01996ebb] | 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[9d3d8a8] | 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 86 | <para role="required">
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[6d03f3e] | 87 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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[2a21b602] | 88 | <xref linkend="js78"/>
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[4c2be438] | 89 | </para>
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| 90 |
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[51dfb3e] | 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 92 | <para role="recommended">
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[59f6a1f] | 93 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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[6288de8] | 95 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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[7cb4635] | 96 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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[8558044] | 97 | and <xref role="first" linkend="elogind"/>
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[7cb4635] | 98 | </phrase>
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[f586237] | 99 | </para>
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| 100 |
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[51dfb3e] | 101 | <note>
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[f586237] | 102 | <para>
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[51dfb3e] | 103 | Since <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 104 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 105 | uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build
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| 106 | <application>Polkit</application> with PAM support so
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| 107 | <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 108 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 109 | can track <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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[f586237] | 110 | </para>
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| 111 | </note>
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| 112 |
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| 113 |
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[59f6a1f] | 114 | <!-- Due to the fact that meson will not autodetect g-i and
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| 115 | has it set to required unless you pass an option, and the likelihood
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| 116 | of users ignoring a command explanation and then sending in mails
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| 117 | regarding KDE or GNOME not working after installing polkit, let's move
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| 118 | it to recommended. See #15640 for logic
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[4c2be438] | 119 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 120 | <para role="optional">
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| 121 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 122 | </para>
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[59f6a1f] | 123 | -->
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[9d3d8a8] | 124 |
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| 125 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[bb947c32] | 126 | <para role="optional">
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[f1a479c7] | 127 | <!--<xref linkend="dbus-python"/> and
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| 128 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> (for tests), and - no more tests -->
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[59f6a1f] | 129 | <!--<xref linkend="DocBook"/>, (Part of libxslt's chain)
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| 130 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,-->
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| 131 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
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[f586237] | 132 | </para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 135 | <para role="required" revision="systemd">
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[96e9478] | 136 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
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[4c2be438] | 137 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 138 |
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[f13e9026] | 139 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="polkit-agent" xreflabel="Polkit Authentication Agent">
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| 140 | Optional Runtime Dependencies
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| 141 | </bridgehead>
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[fee64868] | 142 | <para role="optional">
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| 143 | One polkit authentication agent for using polkit in the graphical
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| 144 | environment:
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| 145 | <application>polkit-kde-agent</application> in
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| 146 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="plasma5-build"/> for KDE,
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| 147 | the agent built in
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| 148 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-shell"/> for GNOME3,
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| 149 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit-gnome"/> for XFCE, and
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| 150 | <application>lxpolkit</application> in
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| 151 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="lxsession"/> for LXDE.
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| 152 | </para>
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| 153 |
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[875b4070] | 154 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 155 | <para>
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[f586237] | 156 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed,
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| 157 | then <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are
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| 158 | required. If you have installed <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do
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| 159 | not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will
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[59f6a1f] | 160 | need to use <option>-Dman=false</option> in the instructions
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[f586237] | 161 | below.
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[b84342d6] | 162 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 163 | </note>
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[9d3d8a8] | 164 |
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| 165 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[37aba7f] | 166 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/>
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| 167 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 168 | </sect2>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[01996ebb] | 171 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 172 |
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[b84342d6] | 173 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 174 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 175 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 176 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 177 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 181 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 182 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 183 |
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[59f6a1f] | 184 | <para>
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| 185 | First, fix problems with setting permissions during installation and with
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| 186 | meson-0.60.0:
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/0,/s/^/#/' -i meson_post_install.py &&
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| 190 | sed '/policy,/d' -i actions/meson.build \
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| 191 | -i src/examples/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[7e280b45] | 192 |
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| 193 | <para>
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[4483a9a] | 194 | Apply a patch to fix two security issues:
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[7e280b45] | 195 | </para>
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| 196 |
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[4483a9a] | 197 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[7e280b45] | 198 |
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[01996ebb] | 199 | <para>
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| 200 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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[37aba7f] | 201 | commands:
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[b84342d6] | 202 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 203 |
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[59f6a1f] | 204 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 205 | cd build &&
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| 206 |
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| 207 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 208 | -Dman=true \
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| 209 | -Dsession_tracking=libsystemd-login \
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| 210 | --buildtype=release \
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| 211 | .. &&
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| 212 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[51dfb3e] | 213 |
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[59f6a1f] | 214 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 215 | cd build &&
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| 216 |
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| 217 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 218 | -Dman=true \
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| 219 | -Dsession_tracking=libelogind \
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| 220 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/tmp \
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| 221 | --buildtype=release \
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| 222 | .. &&
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| 223 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <!--
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[b84342d6] | 226 | <para>
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[8558044] | 227 | To test the results, first ensure that the system
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[d9f1e46] | 228 | <application>D-Bus</application> daemon is running.
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[ad539dbe] | 229 | Then run <command>make check</command>.
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[b84342d6] | 230 | </para>
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[59f6a1f] | 231 | -->
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <!-- The subprojects directory which contains a wrapper for 'mocklibc'
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| 234 | is not shipped in the tarball like it should be. Whenever that is
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| 235 | fixed, -Dtests=true and ninja test is the ticket. -->
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <para>
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| 238 | This package does not ship with a working test suite.
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| 239 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 240 |
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[b84342d6] | 241 | <para>
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| 242 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 243 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 244 |
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[59f6a1f] | 245 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 248 | rm -v /tmp/*.service</userinput></screen>
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[9d3d8a8] | 249 |
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| 250 | </sect2>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 253 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 254 |
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[7e280b45] | 255 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 256 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 257 |
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[59f6a1f] | 258 | <!--
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[4a0b346] | 259 | <para revision="sysv">
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[59f6a1f] | 260 | <parameter>- -disable-libsystemd-login</parameter>: This switch forces
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[4a0b346] | 261 | polkit to build with elogind support (if available) rather than
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| 262 | systemd-logind.
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| 263 | </para>
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| 264 |
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[59f6a1f] | 265 |
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[ad539dbe] | 266 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 267 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[59f6a1f] | 268 | -->
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| 269 |
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[51dfb3e] | 270 | <para>
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[59f6a1f] | 271 | <option>-Dauthfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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[f586237] | 272 | package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 273 | <application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Use it
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| 274 | if you have not installed <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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[b84342d6] | 275 | </para>
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| 276 |
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[59f6a1f] | 277 | <!--
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[e05cd03f] | 278 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[51dfb3e] | 279 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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[59f6a1f] | 280 | -->
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <para>
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| 283 | <option>-Dintrospection=false</option>: Use this option if you are certain
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| 284 | that you do not need gobject-introspection files for polkit, or do not have
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| 285 | gobject-introspection installed.
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| 286 | </para>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <para>
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| 289 | <option>-Dman=false</option>: Use this option to disable generating and
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| 290 | installing manual pages. This is useful if libxslt is not installed.
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| 291 | </para>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <para>
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| 294 | <option>-Dexamples=true</option>: Use this option to build the example
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| 295 | programs.
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| 296 | </para>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this option to enable building and
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| 300 | installing the API documentation.
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| 301 | </para>
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[51dfb3e] | 302 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 303 | </sect2>
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| 304 |
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[a6bd736] | 305 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[01996ebb] | 306 | <title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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[a6bd736] | 307 |
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| 308 | <sect3>
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| 309 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <note>
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[b84342d6] | 312 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 313 | If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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[ad539dbe] | 314 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this
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| 315 | section.
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[a6bd736] | 316 | </para>
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| 317 | </note>
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| 318 |
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[b84342d6] | 319 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 320 | If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 321 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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[9ca304a] | 322 | the default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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| 323 | <application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS. Issue the
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| 324 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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[b84342d6] | 325 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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[a6bd736] | 326 | </para>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 329 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 330 |
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| 331 | auth include system-auth
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| 332 | account include system-account
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| 333 | password include system-password
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| 334 | session include system-session
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| 335 |
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| 336 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 337 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | </sect3>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | </sect2>
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| 342 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 343 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 344 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <segmentedlist>
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| 347 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 348 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 349 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <seglistitem>
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[b84342d6] | 352 | <seg>
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[59f6a1f] | 353 | pkaction, pkcheck, <!--pk-example-frobnicate,--> pkexec,
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[f342c0a9] | 354 | pkttyagent and polkitd
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[b84342d6] | 355 | </seg>
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| 356 | <seg>
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[0d7900a] | 357 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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[b84342d6] | 358 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 359 | </seg>
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[028759b] | 360 | <seg>
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[01996ebb] | 361 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 362 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 363 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 364 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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[028759b] | 365 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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[b84342d6] | 366 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 367 | </seglistitem>
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| 368 | </segmentedlist>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <variablelist>
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| 371 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 372 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 373 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 376 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 378 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 379 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions
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[b84342d6] | 380 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 381 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 382 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 383 | </indexterm>
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| 384 | </listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 388 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 389 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 390 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 391 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action
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[b84342d6] | 392 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 393 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 394 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 395 | </indexterm>
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| 396 | </listitem>
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| 397 | </varlistentry>
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| 398 |
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[59f6a1f] | 399 | <!--
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[72d90b67] | 400 | <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 401 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 402 | <listitem>
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| 403 | <para>
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| 404 | is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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[4c24eb0a] | 405 | command
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[72d90b67] | 406 | </para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 409 | </indexterm>
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| 410 | </listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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[59f6a1f] | 412 | -->
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| 413 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 414 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 415 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 416 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 417 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 418 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user
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[b84342d6] | 419 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 420 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 421 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 422 | </indexterm>
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| 423 | </listitem>
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| 424 | </varlistentry>
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| 425 |
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[b84342d6] | 426 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 427 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 428 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 429 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 430 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject
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[b84342d6] | 431 | </para>
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| 432 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 433 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 434 | </indexterm>
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| 435 | </listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 436 | </varlistentry>
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[9d3d8a8] | 437 |
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[875b4070] | 438 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 439 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 440 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 441 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 442 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 443 | service on the system message bus
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[b84342d6] | 444 | </para>
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[875b4070] | 445 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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[9d3d8a8] | 446 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 447 | </indexterm>
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| 448 | </listitem>
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| 449 | </varlistentry>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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[4c24eb0a] | 452 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 453 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 454 | <para>
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[01996ebb] | 455 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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[4c24eb0a] | 456 | agent API functions
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[b84342d6] | 457 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 458 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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[b84342d6] | 459 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 460 | </indexterm>
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| 461 | </listitem>
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| 462 | </varlistentry>
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| 463 |
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| 464 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[4c24eb0a] | 465 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 466 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 467 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 468 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions
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[b84342d6] | 469 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 470 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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[b84342d6] | 471 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 472 | </indexterm>
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| 473 | </listitem>
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| 474 | </varlistentry>
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| 475 |
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| 476 | </variablelist>
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| 477 |
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| 478 | </sect2>
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| 479 |
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| 480 | </sect1>
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