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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 "fa707b52578bc668ad834425090fc71e">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "728 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "8.8 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 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <title>Polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-Polkit">Polkit</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to Polkit</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>
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| 32 | <application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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| 33 | authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to
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| 34 | communicate with privileged processes.
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | &lfs112_checked;
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| 38 |
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| 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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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &polkit-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <!--
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 75 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>
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| 78 | Required patch:
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| 79 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | <listitem>
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| 83 | <para>
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| 84 | Required patch:
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| 85 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-js91-1.patch"/>
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | </itemizedlist>
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| 89 | -->
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="required">
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| 95 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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| 96 | <xref linkend="js91"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 100 | <para role="recommended">
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| 101 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 103 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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| 104 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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| 105 | and <xref role="first" linkend="elogind"/>
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| 106 | </phrase>
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <note>
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| 110 | <para>
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| 111 | Since <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 112 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 113 | uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build
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| 114 | <application>Polkit</application> with PAM support so
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| 115 | <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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| 116 | <phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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| 117 | can track <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | </note>
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| 120 |
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <!-- Due to the fact that meson will not autodetect g-i and
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| 123 | has it set to required unless you pass an option, and the likelihood
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| 124 | of users ignoring a command explanation and then sending in mails
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| 125 | regarding KDE or GNOME not working after installing polkit, let's move
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| 126 | it to recommended. See #15640 for logic
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| 127 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 128 | <para role="optional">
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| 129 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 | -->
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 134 | <para role="optional">
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| 135 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> and
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| 136 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> (both needed for tests),
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| 137 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
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| 138 | <ulink url="https://duktape.org">duktape</ulink>
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| 139 | </para>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <para role="required" revision="systemd">
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| 143 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="polkit-agent" xreflabel="Polkit Authentication Agent">
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| 147 | Optional Runtime Dependencies
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| 148 | </bridgehead>
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| 149 | <para role="optional">
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| 150 | One polkit authentication agent for using polkit in the graphical
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| 151 | environment:
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| 152 | <application>polkit-kde-agent</application> in
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| 153 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="plasma5-build"/> for KDE,
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| 154 | the agent built in
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| 155 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-shell"/> for GNOME3,
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| 156 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit-gnome"/> for XFCE, and
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| 157 | <application>lxpolkit</application> in
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| 158 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="lxsession"/> for LXDE.
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| 159 | </para>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <note>
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed,
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| 164 | then <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are
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| 165 | required. If you have installed <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do
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| 166 | not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will
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| 167 | need to use <option>-Dman=false</option> in the instructions
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| 168 | below.
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 | </note>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 173 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/>
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| 174 | </para>
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| 175 | </sect2>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 178 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <para>
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| 181 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 182 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 183 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 184 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 188 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 189 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <!--
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| 192 | <para>
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| 193 | First, fix problems with setting permissions during installation and with
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| 194 | meson-0.60.0:
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/0,/s/^/#/' -i meson_post_install.py &&
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| 198 | sed '/policy,/d' -i actions/meson.build \
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| 199 | -i src/examples/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | Apply a patch to fix two security issues:
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-security_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | Port this package to use JS-91:
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-js91-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 212 | -->
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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| 216 | commands:
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| 217 | </para>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 220 | cd build &&
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| 221 |
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| 222 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 223 | --buildtype=release \
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| 224 | -Dman=true \
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| 225 | -Dsession_tracking=libsystemd-login \
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| 226 | -Dtests=true \
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| 227 | -Djs_engine=mozjs \
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| 228 | .. &&
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| 229 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 232 | cd build &&
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| 233 |
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| 234 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 235 | --buildtype=release \
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| 236 | -Dman=true \
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| 237 | -Dsession_tracking=libelogind \
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| 238 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/tmp \
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| 239 | -Dtests=true \
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| 240 | -Djs_engine=mozjs \
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| 241 | .. &&
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| 242 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <!--
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| 245 | "-t3" for raising the timeout to 90s, i. e. 3x the default:
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| 246 | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/merge_requests/107
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| 247 | -->
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| 248 | <para>
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| 249 | To test the results, first ensure that the system
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| 250 | <application>D-Bus</application> daemon is running,
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| 251 | and both <xref linkend='dbus-python'/> and
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| 252 | <xref linkend='python-dbusmock'/> are installed.
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| 253 | Then run <command>meson test -t3</command>.
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| 254 | </para>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <para>
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| 257 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 258 | </para>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 263 | rm -v /tmp/*.service</userinput></screen>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | </sect2>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 268 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 271 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <para>
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| 274 | <parameter>-Dtests=true</parameter>: This switch allows to run the
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| 275 | test suite of this package. As <application>Polkit</application> is
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| 276 | used for authorizations, its integrity can affect system security.
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| 277 | So it's recommended to run the test suite building this package.
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| 278 | </para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <para>
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| 281 | <parameter>-Djs_engine=mozjs</parameter>: This switch allows using the
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| 282 | Mozilla JavaScript engine instead of Duktape.
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| 283 | </para>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <!--
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| 286 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 287 | <parameter>- -disable-libsystemd-login</parameter>: This switch forces
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| 288 | polkit to build with elogind support (if available) rather than
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| 289 | systemd-logind.
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| 290 | </para>
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| 291 |
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 294 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 295 | -->
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <para>
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| 298 | <option>-Dauthfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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| 299 | package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 300 | <application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Use it
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| 301 | if you have not installed <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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| 302 | </para>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <!--
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| 305 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 306 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 307 | -->
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <para>
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| 310 | <option>-Dintrospection=false</option>: Use this option if you are certain
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| 311 | that you do not need gobject-introspection files for polkit, or do not have
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| 312 | gobject-introspection installed.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <para>
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| 316 | <option>-Dman=false</option>: Use this option to disable generating and
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| 317 | installing manual pages. This is useful if libxslt is not installed.
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <para>
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| 321 | <option>-Dexamples=true</option>: Use this option to build the example
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| 322 | programs.
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| 323 | </para>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <para>
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| 326 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this option to enable building and
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| 327 | installing the API documentation.
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| 328 | </para>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | </sect2>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 333 | <title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <sect3>
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| 336 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <note>
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| 339 | <para>
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| 340 | If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 341 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this
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| 342 | section.
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 | </note>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <para>
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| 347 | If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 348 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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| 349 | the default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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| 350 | <application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS. Issue the
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| 351 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 352 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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| 353 | </para>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 356 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 357 |
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| 358 | auth include system-auth
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| 359 | account include system-account
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| 360 | password include system-password
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| 361 | session include system-session
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| 362 |
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| 363 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 364 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | </sect3>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | </sect2>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 371 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <segmentedlist>
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| 374 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 375 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 376 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <seglistitem>
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| 379 | <seg>
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| 380 | pkaction, pkcheck, <!--pk-example-frobnicate,--> pkexec,
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| 381 | pkttyagent and polkitd
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| 382 | </seg>
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| 383 | <seg>
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| 384 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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| 385 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 386 | </seg>
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| 387 | <seg>
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| 388 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 389 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 390 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 391 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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| 392 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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| 393 | </seg>
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| 394 | </seglistitem>
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| 395 | </segmentedlist>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <variablelist>
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| 398 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 399 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 400 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 403 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 404 | <listitem>
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| 405 | <para>
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| 406 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions
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| 407 | </para>
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| 408 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 409 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 410 | </indexterm>
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| 411 | </listitem>
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| 412 | </varlistentry>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 415 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 416 | <listitem>
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| 417 | <para>
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| 418 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action
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| 419 | </para>
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| 420 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 421 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</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 | <!--
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| 427 | <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 428 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 429 | <listitem>
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| 430 | <para>
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| 431 | is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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| 432 | command
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| 433 | </para>
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| 434 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 435 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 436 | </indexterm>
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| 437 | </listitem>
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| 438 | </varlistentry>
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| 439 | -->
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| 440 |
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| 441 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 442 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 443 | <listitem>
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| 444 | <para>
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| 445 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user
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| 446 | </para>
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| 447 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 448 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 449 | </indexterm>
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| 450 | </listitem>
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| 451 | </varlistentry>
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| 452 |
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| 453 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 454 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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| 455 | <listitem>
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| 456 | <para>
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| 457 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject
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| 458 | </para>
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| 459 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 460 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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| 461 | </indexterm>
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| 462 | </listitem>
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| 463 | </varlistentry>
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| 464 |
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| 465 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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| 466 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 467 | <listitem>
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| 468 | <para>
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| 469 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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| 470 | service on the system message bus
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| 471 | </para>
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| 472 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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| 473 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 474 | </indexterm>
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| 475 | </listitem>
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| 476 | </varlistentry>
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| 477 |
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| 478 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 479 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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| 480 | <listitem>
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| 481 | <para>
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| 482 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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| 483 | agent API functions
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| 484 | </para>
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| 485 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 486 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</primary>
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| 487 | </indexterm>
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| 488 | </listitem>
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| 489 | </varlistentry>
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| 490 |
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| 491 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 492 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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| 493 | <listitem>
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| 494 | <para>
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| 495 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions
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| 496 | </para>
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| 497 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 498 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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| 499 | </indexterm>
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| 500 | </listitem>
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| 501 | </varlistentry>
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| 502 |
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| 503 | </variablelist>
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| 504 |
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| 505 | </sect2>
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| 506 |
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| 507 | </sect1>
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