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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
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| 8 | "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "4b77776c9e4f897dcfe03b2c34198edf">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY polkit-size "1.4 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "15 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY polkit-time "0.2 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="Polkit-&polkit-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="polkit.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="polkit">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Polkit">Polkit</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Polkit</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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| 35 | authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to
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| 36 | communicate with privileged processes.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs78_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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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 (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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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 | Download size: &polkit-size;
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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 disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Required patch:
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| 80 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </itemizedlist> -->
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="required">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>, and
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| 90 | <xref linkend="JS"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="recommended">
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| 95 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <note>
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | Since <command>systemd-logind</command> uses PAM to register user
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| 101 | sessions, it is a good idea to build <application>Polkit</application>
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| 102 | with PAM support so <command>systemd-logind</command> can track
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| 103 | <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 | </note>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 108 | <para role="optional">
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| 109 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 113 | <para role="optional">
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| 114 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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| 115 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
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| 117 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 121 | <para role="required">
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| 122 | <xref linkend="systemd"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <note>
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed, then <xref linkend="DocBook"/>
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| 128 | and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are required. If you have installed
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| 129 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do not want to install any of the
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| 130 | DocBook packages mentioned, you will need to use
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| 131 | <option>--disable-man-pages</option> in the instructions below.
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 | </note>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 136 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/>
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 | </sect2>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 141 | <title>Installation of Polkit</title>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>
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| 144 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 145 | of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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| 146 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 147 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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| 151 | useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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| 152 | -g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <note>
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| 155 | <para>
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| 156 | When building <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 157 | <application>systemd</application> logind support, the
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| 158 | <command>configure</command> script explicitly checks if
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| 159 | system is booted using <application>systemd</application>.
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| 160 | This can cause problems if building the package in chroot,
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| 161 | where the <command>configure</command> would fail to
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| 162 | detect <application>systemd</application>. To workaround
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| 163 | the problem, simply run the following command after the
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| 164 | patch has been applied:
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| 165 | </para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s:/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/:/sys:g" configure</userinput></screen>
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| 168 | </note>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para>
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| 171 | Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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| 172 | commands:
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| 173 | </para>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 176 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 177 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 178 | --disable-static &&
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| 179 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 183 | Note that system <application>D-Bus</application> daemon
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| 184 | must be running for the testsuite to complete. There is
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| 185 | also a warning about <application>ConsoleKit</application>
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| 186 | database not present, but that one can be safely ignored.
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | </sect2>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 198 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 201 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <para>
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| 204 | <option>--with-authfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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| 205 | package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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| 206 | <application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Use it
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| 207 | if you have not installed <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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| 208 | </para>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 211 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | </sect2>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 216 | <title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <sect3>
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| 219 | <title>PAM Configuration</title>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <note>
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| 222 | <para>
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| 223 | If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 224 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this section.
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 | </note>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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| 230 | <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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| 231 | the default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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| 232 | <application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS. Issue the
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| 233 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 234 | user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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| 235 | </para>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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| 238 | <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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| 239 |
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| 240 | auth include system-auth
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| 241 | account include system-account
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| 242 | password include system-password
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| 243 | session include system-session
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| 244 |
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| 245 | # End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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| 246 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | </sect3>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | </sect2>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 253 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <segmentedlist>
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| 256 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 257 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 258 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <seglistitem>
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| 261 | <seg>
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| 262 | pkaction, pkcheck, pk-example-frobnicate, pkexec,
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| 263 | pkttyagent and polkitd
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| 264 | </seg>
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| 265 | <seg>
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| 266 | libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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| 267 | libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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| 268 | </seg>
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| 269 | <seg>
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| 270 | /etc/polkit-1,
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| 271 | /usr/include/polkit-1,
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| 272 | /usr/lib/polkit-1,
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| 273 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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| 274 | /usr/share/polkit-1
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| 275 | </seg>
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| 276 | </seglistitem>
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| 277 | </segmentedlist>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <variablelist>
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| 280 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 281 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 282 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="pkaction">
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| 285 | <term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>
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| 288 | is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.
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| 289 | </para>
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| 290 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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| 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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| 297 | <term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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| 299 | <para>
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| 300 | is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 309 | <term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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| 313 | command.
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| 314 | </para>
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| 315 | <indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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| 316 | <primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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| 317 | </indexterm>
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| 318 | </listitem>
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| 319 | </varlistentry>
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| 320 |
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| 321 | <varlistentry id="pkexec">
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| 322 | <term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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| 323 | <listitem>
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| 324 | <para>
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| 325 | allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.
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| 326 | </para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="pkttyagent">
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| 334 | <term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>
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| 337 | is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject.
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| 338 | </para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="polkitd">
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| 346 | <term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>
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| 349 | provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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| 350 | service on the system message bus.
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| 351 | </para>
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| 352 | <indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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| 353 | <primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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| 354 | </indexterm>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 359 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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| 360 | <listitem>
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| 361 | <para>
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| 362 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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| 363 | agent API functions.
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| 364 | </para>
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| 365 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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| 366 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.so</primary>
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| 367 | </indexterm>
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| 368 | </listitem>
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| 369 | </varlistentry>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 372 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.so</filename></term>
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| 373 | <listitem>
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| 374 | <para>
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| 375 | contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions.
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| 376 | </para>
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| 377 | <indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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| 378 | <primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.so</primary>
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| 379 | </indexterm>
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| 380 | </listitem>
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| 381 | </varlistentry>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | </variablelist>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | </sect2>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | </sect1>
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