%general-entities; ]> Polkit Polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to communicate with privileged processes. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum; Download size: &polkit-size; Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize; Estimated build time: &polkit-time; Polkit Dependencies Required (GObject Introspection recommended) Recommended , , and , and Since elogind systemd-logind uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build Polkit with PAM support so elogind systemd-logind can track Polkit sessions. Optional , , and (can be used in place of duktape) Required Runtime Dependencies Optional Runtime Dependencies One polkit authentication agent for using polkit in the graphical environment: polkit-kde-agent in for KDE, the agent built in for GNOME3, for XFCE, and for LXQt If is installed, then and are required. If you have installed , but you do not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will need to use -Dman=false in the instructions below. There should be a dedicated user and group to take control of the polkitd daemon after it is started. Issue the following commands as the root user: groupadd -fg 27 polkitd && useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \ -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd First fix a build problem for sysV based systems: sed -i '/systemd_sysusers_dir/s/^/#/' meson.build Install Polkit by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && meson setup .. \ --prefix=/usr \ --buildtype=release \ -Dman=true \ -Dsession_tracking=libsystemd-login \ -Dtests=true && ninja mkdir build && cd build && meson setup .. \ --prefix=/usr \ --buildtype=release \ -Dman=true \ -Dsession_tracking=libelogind \ -Dtests=true && ninja To test the results, first ensure that the system D-Bus daemon is running, and both and are installed. Then run ninja test. Now, as the root user: ninja install -Dtests=true: This switch allows to run the test suite of this package. As Polkit is used for authorizations, its integrity can affect system security. So it's recommended to run the test suite building this package. -Djs_engine=mozjs: This switch allows using the JavaScript engine instead of the JavaScript engine. -Dos_type=lfs: Use this switch if you did not create the /etc/lfs-release file or distribution auto detection will fail and you will be unable to use Polkit. -Dauthfw=shadow: This switch enables the package to use the Shadow rather than the Linux PAM Authentication framework. Use it if you have not installed Linux PAM. -Dintrospection=false: Use this option if you are certain that you do not need gobject-introspection files for polkit, or do not have installed with GObject Introspection. -Dman=false: Use this option to disable generating and installing manual pages. This is useful if libxslt is not installed. -Dexamples=true: Use this option to build the example programs. -Dgtk_doc=true: Use this option to enable building and installing the API documentation. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories pkaction, pkcheck, pkexec, pkttyagent, and polkitd libpolkit-agent-1.so and libpolkit-gobject-1.so /etc/polkit-1, /usr/include/polkit-1, /usr/lib/polkit-1, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1, and /usr/share/polkit-1 Short Descriptions pkaction is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions pkaction pkcheck is used to check whether a process is authorized for action pkcheck pkexec allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user pkexec pkttyagent is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject pkttyagent polkitd provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 D-Bus service on the system message bus polkitd libpolkit-agent-1.so contains the Polkit authentication agent API functions libpolkit-agent-1.so libpolkit-gobject-1.so contains the Polkit authorization API functions libpolkit-gobject-1.so