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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-http "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "a3726bdb9728c103e58f62131e26693a">
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10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "860 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "18 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.2 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="polkit-&polkit-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="polkit.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-polkit">polkit</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to polkit</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>polkit</application> package is an
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33 | application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows
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34 | unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.</para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs70_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &polkit-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &polkit-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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63 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="expat"/>,
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64 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
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65 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
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66 |
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67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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68 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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70 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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71 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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72 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, and
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73 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
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74 |
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75 | <note>
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76 | <para>If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed then <xref
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77 | linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are required.</para>
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78 | </note>
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79 |
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80 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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81 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/></para>
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82 |
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83 | </sect2>
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84 |
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85 | <sect2 role="installation">
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86 | <title>Installation of polkit</title>
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87 |
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88 | <para>It is a requirement to have a dedicated user and group for
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89 | <application>polkit</application> to function correctly. Issue the
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90 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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91 | user:</para>
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92 |
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93 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkituser &&
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94 | useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null -u 27 \
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95 | -g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser || [ $? == 9 ]</userinput></screen>
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96 |
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97 | <para>Install <application>polkit</application> by running the following
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98 | commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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99 |
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100 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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101 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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102 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 \
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103 | --localstatedir=/var \
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104 | --with-authfw=shadow &&
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105 | make</userinput></screen>
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106 |
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107 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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112 |
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2 role="commands">
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116 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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117 |
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118 | <para><parameter>--with-authfw=shadow</parameter>: This parameter will use
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119 | the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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120 | <application>Linux-PAM</application> Authentication framework. Remove it if
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121 | you would like to use <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para>
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122 |
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123 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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124 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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125 |
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126 | </sect2>
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127 |
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128 | <sect2 role="content">
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129 | <title>Contents</title>
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130 |
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131 | <segmentedlist>
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132 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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133 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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134 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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135 |
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136 | <seglistitem>
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137 | <seg>pk-example-frobnicate, pkaction, pkcheck, pkexec,
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138 | polkit-agent-helper-1, and polkitd</seg>
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139 | <seg>libnullbackend.{so,a}, libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a},
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140 | libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}, and libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</seg>
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141 | <seg>/etc/polkit-1/{localauthority.conf.d,localauthority/{10-vendor.d,
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142 | 20-org.d,30-site.d,50-local.d,90-mandatory.d},nullbackend.conf.d},
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143 | /usr/{include/polkit-1/{polkitagent,polkitbackend},
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144 | lib/polkit-1/extensions,share/polkit-1/actions},
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145 | /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/{10-vendor.d,20-org.d,30-site.d,
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146 | 50-local.d,90-mandatory.d}</seg>
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147 | </seglistitem>
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148 | </segmentedlist>
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149 |
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150 | <variablelist>
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151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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154 |
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155 | <!-- <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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156 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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157 | <listitem>
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158 | <para>does this .....</para>
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159 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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160 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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161 | </indexterm>
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162 | </listitem>
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163 | </varlistentry>-->
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164 |
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165 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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166 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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167 | <listitem>
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168 | <para>is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.</para>
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169 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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170 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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171 | </indexterm>
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172 | </listitem>
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173 | </varlistentry>
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174 |
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175 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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176 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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177 | <listitem>
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178 | <para>is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.</para>
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179 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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180 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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181 | </indexterm>
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182 | </listitem>
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183 | </varlistentry>
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184 |
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185 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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186 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.</para>
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189 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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190 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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191 | </indexterm>
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192 | </listitem>
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193 | </varlistentry>
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194 |
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195 | <!-- <varlistentry id="polkit-agent-helper-1">
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196 | <term><command>polkit-agent-helper-1</command></term>
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197 | <listitem>
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198 | <para>does this .....</para>
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199 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkit-agent-helper-1">
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200 | <primary sortas="b-polkit-agent-helper-1">polkit-agent-helper-1</primary>
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201 | </indexterm>
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202 | </listitem>
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203 | </varlistentry>-->
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204 |
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205 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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206 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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207 | <listitem>
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208 | <para>provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
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209 | <application>D-Bus</application> service on the system message bus.</para>
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210 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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211 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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212 | </indexterm>
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213 | </listitem>
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214 | </varlistentry>
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215 |
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216 | <varlistentry id="libnullbackend">
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217 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnullbackend.{so,a}</filename></term>
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218 | <listitem>
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219 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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220 | <indexterm zone="polkit libnullbackend">
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221 | <primary sortas="c-libnullbackend">libnullbackend.{so,a}</primary>
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222 | </indexterm>
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223 | </listitem>
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224 | </varlistentry>
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225 |
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226 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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227 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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228 | <listitem>
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229 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authentication
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230 | agent API functions.</para>
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231 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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232 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</primary>
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233 | </indexterm>
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234 | </listitem>
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235 | </varlistentry>
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236 |
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237 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-backend-1">
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238 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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239 | <listitem>
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240 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> backend API
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241 | functions.</para>
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242 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-backend-1">
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243 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-backend-1">libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</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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248 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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249 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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250 | <listitem>
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251 | <para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authorization API
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252 | functions.</para>
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253 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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254 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</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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259 | </variablelist>
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260 |
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261 | </sect2>
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262 |
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263 | </sect1>
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