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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY polkit-download-http "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "a3726bdb9728c103e58f62131e26693a">
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<!ENTITY polkit-size "860 KB">
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<!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "18 MB">
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<!ENTITY polkit-time "0.2 SBU">
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<sect1 id="polkit" xreflabel="polkit-&polkit-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="polkit.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>polkit-&polkit-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="polkit">
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<primary sortas="a-polkit">polkit</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to polkit</title>
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<para>The <application>polkit</application> package is an
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application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows
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unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.</para>
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&lfs70_checked;
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download size: &polkit-size;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated build time: &polkit-time;</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">polkit Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required"><xref linkend="expat"/>,
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<xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
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<xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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<xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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<xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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<xref linkend="libxslt"/>, and
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<xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
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<note>
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<para>If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed then <xref
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linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are required.</para>
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</note>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/polkit"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of polkit</title>
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<para>It is a requirement to have a dedicated user and group for
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<application>polkit</application> to function correctly. Issue the
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following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkituser &&
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useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null -u 27 \
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-g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser || [ $? == 9 ]</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install <application>polkit</application> by running the following
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commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--sysconfdir=/etc \
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--libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 \
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--localstatedir=/var \
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--with-authfw=shadow &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para><parameter>--with-authfw=shadow</parameter>: This parameter will use
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the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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<application>Linux-PAM</application> Authentication framework. Remove it if
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you would like to use <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para>
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2010-04-22 02:48:34 +08:00
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>pk-example-frobnicate, pkaction, pkcheck, pkexec,
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polkit-agent-helper-1, and polkitd</seg>
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<seg>libnullbackend.{so,a}, libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a},
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libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}, and libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</seg>
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<seg>/etc/polkit-1/{localauthority.conf.d,localauthority/{10-vendor.d,
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20-org.d,30-site.d,50-local.d,90-mandatory.d},nullbackend.conf.d},
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/usr/{include/polkit-1/{polkitagent,polkitbackend},
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lib/polkit-1/extensions,share/polkit-1/actions},
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/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/{10-vendor.d,20-org.d,30-site.d,
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50-local.d,90-mandatory.d}</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<!-- <varlistentry id="pk-example-frobnicate">
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<term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>does this .....</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit pk-example-frobnicate">
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<primary sortas="b-pk-example-frobnicate">pk-example-frobnicate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>-->
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<varlistentry id="pkaction">
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<term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit pkaction">
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<primary sortas="b-pkaction">pkaction</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pkcheck">
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<term><command>pkcheck</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit pkcheck">
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<primary sortas="b-pkcheck">pkcheck</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pkexec">
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<term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit pkexec">
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<primary sortas="b-pkexec">pkexec</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<!-- <varlistentry id="polkit-agent-helper-1">
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<term><command>polkit-agent-helper-1</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>does this .....</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit polkit-agent-helper-1">
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<primary sortas="b-polkit-agent-helper-1">polkit-agent-helper-1</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>-->
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<varlistentry id="polkitd">
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<term><command>polkitd</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
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<application>D-Bus</application> service on the system message bus.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit polkitd">
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<primary sortas="b-polkitd">polkitd</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libnullbackend">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnullbackend.{so,a}</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>contains functions that .....</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit libnullbackend">
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<primary sortas="c-libnullbackend">libnullbackend.{so,a}</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libpolkit-agent-1">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authentication
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agent API functions.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-agent-1">
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<primary sortas="c-libpolkit-agent-1">libpolkit-agent-1.{so,a}</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libpolkit-backend-1">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>contains the <application>polkit</application> backend API
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functions.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-backend-1">
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<primary sortas="c-libpolkit-backend-1">libpolkit-backend-1.{so,a}</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libpolkit-gobject-1">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>contains the <application>polkit</application> authorization API
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functions.</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit libpolkit-gobject-1">
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<primary sortas="c-libpolkit-gobject-1">libpolkit-gobject-1.{so,a}</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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