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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 "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/archive/&polkit-version;/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "97db655618e1483706fbc764787c7d6e">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "744 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "7.2 MB (with tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.3 SBU (with tests; using parallelism=4)">
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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 |
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| 19 | <title>Polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-Polkit">Polkit</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Polkit</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>
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| 29 | <application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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| 30 | authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to
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| 31 | communicate with privileged processes.
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| 32 | </para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | &lfs121_checked;
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>
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| 40 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download size: &polkit-size;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <!--
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 72 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>
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| 75 | Required patch:
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| 76 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Required patch:
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| 82 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-js91-1.patch"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 | </itemizedlist>
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| 86 | -->
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <para role="required">
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| 92 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <para role="recommended">
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| 97 | <!-- For jhalfs just make it required to avoid over-complexity. -->
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| 98 | <xref role="required" linkend="duktape"/>,
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| 99 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,<phrase revision="systemd"> and</phrase>
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| 101 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/><phrase revision="sysv">, and
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| 102 | <xref linkend="elogind"/>
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| 103 | </phrase>
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <note>
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| 107 | <para>
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| 108 | Since <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 109 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 110 | uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build
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| 111 | <application>Polkit</application> with PAM support so
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| 112 | <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 113 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 114 | can track <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 | </note>
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| 117 |
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <!-- Due to the fact that meson will not autodetect g-i and
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| 120 | has it set to required unless you pass an option, and the likelihood
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| 121 | of users ignoring a command explanation and then sending in mails
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| 122 | regarding KDE or GNOME not working after installing polkit, let's move
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| 123 | it to recommended. See #15640 for logic
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| 124 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 125 | <para role="optional">
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| 126 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 | -->
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 131 | <para role="optional">
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| 132 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 133 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/>, and
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| 134 | <xref linkend="spidermonkey"/> (can be used in place of duktape)
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 138 | <para role="required" revision="systemd">
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| 139 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="polkit-agent" xreflabel="Polkit Authentication Agent">
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| 143 | Optional Runtime Dependencies
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| 144 | </bridgehead>
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| 145 | <para role="optional">
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| 146 | One polkit authentication agent for using polkit in the graphical
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| 147 | environment:
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| 148 | <application>polkit-kde-agent</application> in
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| 149 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="plasma5-build"/> for KDE,
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| 150 | the agent built in
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| 151 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-shell"/> for GNOME3,
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| 152 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit-gnome"/> for XFCE, and
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| 153 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="lxqt-policykit"/> for LXQt
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| 154 | </para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <note>
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| 157 | <para>
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| 158 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed,
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| 159 | then <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are
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| 160 | required. If you have installed <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do
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| 161 | not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will
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| 162 | need to use <option>-Dman=false</option> in the instructions
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| 163 | below.
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 | </note>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | </sect2>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 170 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para>
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| 173 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 174 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 175 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 176 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 177 | </para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 180 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 181 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <para revision='sysv'>
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| 184 | First fix a build problem for sysV based systems:
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>sed -i '/systemd_sysusers_dir/s/^/#/' meson.build</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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| 191 | commands:
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| 192 | </para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 195 | cd build &&
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| 196 |
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| 197 | meson setup .. \
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| 198 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 199 | --buildtype=release \
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| 200 | -Dman=true \
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| 201 | -Dsession_tracking=libsystemd-login \
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| 202 | -Dtests=true &&
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| 203 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 206 | cd build &&
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| 207 |
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| 208 | meson setup .. \
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| 209 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 210 | --buildtype=release \
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| 211 | -Dman=true \
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| 212 | -Dsession_tracking=libelogind \
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| 213 | -Dtests=true &&
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| 214 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <para>
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| 217 | To test the results, first ensure that the system
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| 218 | <application>D-Bus</application> daemon is running,
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| 219 | and both <xref linkend='dbus-python'/> and
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| 220 | <xref linkend='python-dbusmock'/> are installed.
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| 221 | Then run <command>ninja test</command>.
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <para>
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| 225 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 226 | </para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | </sect2>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 233 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 236 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <para>
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| 239 | <parameter>-Dtests=true</parameter>: This switch allows to run the
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| 240 | test suite of this package. As <application>Polkit</application> is
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| 241 | used for authorizations, its integrity can affect system security.
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| 242 | So it's recommended to run the test suite building this package.
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| 243 | </para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | <option>-Djs_engine=mozjs</option>: This switch allows using the
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| 247 | <xref linkend="spidermonkey"/> JavaScript engine instead of the
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| 248 | <xref linkend='duktape'/> JavaScript engine.
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <!--
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| 252 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 253 | <parameter>- -disable-libsystemd-login</parameter>: This switch forces
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| 254 | polkit to build with elogind support (if available) rather than
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| 255 | systemd-logind.
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| 256 | </para>
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| 257 |
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 260 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 261 | -->
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <para>
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| 264 | <option>-Dos_type=lfs</option>: Use this switch if you did not create
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| 265 | the <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> file or distribution auto
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| 266 | detection will fail and you will be unable to use
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| 267 | <application>Polkit</application>.
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| 268 | </para>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <para>
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| 271 | <option>-Dauthfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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| 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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| 275 | </para>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <!--
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| 278 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 279 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 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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| 302 |
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| 303 | </sect2>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 306 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <segmentedlist>
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| 309 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 310 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 311 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <seglistitem>
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| 314 | <seg>
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| 315 | pkaction, pkcheck, <!--pk-example-frobnicate,--> pkexec,
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| 316 | pkttyagent, and polkitd
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| 317 | </seg>
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| 318 | <seg>
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| 319 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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| 320 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 321 | </seg>
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| 322 | <seg>
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| 323 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 324 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 325 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 326 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1, and
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| 327 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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| 328 | </seg>
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| 329 | </seglistitem>
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| 330 | </segmentedlist>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <variablelist>
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| 333 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 334 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 335 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 338 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 339 | <listitem>
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| 340 | <para>
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| 341 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions
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| 342 | </para>
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| 343 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 344 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 345 | </indexterm>
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| 346 | </listitem>
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| 347 | </varlistentry>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 350 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 351 | <listitem>
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| 352 | <para>
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| 353 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action
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| 354 | </para>
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| 355 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 356 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 357 | </indexterm>
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| 358 | </listitem>
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| 359 | </varlistentry>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <!--
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| 362 | <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 363 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>
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| 366 | is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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| 367 | command
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| 368 | </para>
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| 369 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 370 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 371 | </indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 | -->
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 377 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user
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| 381 | </para>
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| 382 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 383 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 384 | </indexterm>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 | </varlistentry>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 389 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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| 390 | <listitem>
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| 391 | <para>
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| 392 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject
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| 393 | </para>
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| 394 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 395 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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| 396 | </indexterm>
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| 397 | </listitem>
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| 398 | </varlistentry>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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| 401 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 402 | <listitem>
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| 403 | <para>
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| 404 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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| 405 | service on the system message bus
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| 406 | </para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 409 | </indexterm>
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| 410 | </listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 414 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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| 415 | <listitem>
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| 416 | <para>
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| 417 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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| 418 | agent API functions
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| 419 | </para>
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| 420 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 421 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</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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| 426 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 427 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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| 428 | <listitem>
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| 429 | <para>
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| 430 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions
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| 431 | </para>
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| 432 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 433 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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| 434 | </indexterm>
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| 435 | </listitem>
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| 436 | </varlistentry>
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| 437 |
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| 438 | </variablelist>
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| 439 |
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| 440 | </sect2>
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| 441 |
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| 442 | </sect1>
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