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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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
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"https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/polkit-&polkit-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY polkit-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY polkit-md5sum "4b37258583393e83069a0e2e89c0162a">
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<!ENTITY polkit-size "1.5 MB">
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<!ENTITY polkit-buildsize "15 MB (with tests)">
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<!ENTITY polkit-time "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
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]>
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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>
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<application>Polkit</application> is a toolkit for defining and handling
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authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to
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communicate with privileged processes.
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</para>
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&lfs90_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>
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Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-http;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (FTP): <ulink url="&polkit-download-ftp;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download MD5 sum: &polkit-md5sum;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download size: &polkit-size;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated disk space required: &polkit-buildsize;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated build time: &polkit-time;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3" revision="sysv">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact" revision="sysv">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Recommended patch:
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<ulink url="&patch-root;/polkit-&polkit-version;-fix_elogind_detection-1.patch"/>
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</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">
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<xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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<xref linkend="js60"/>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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<para role="recommended">
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<xref linkend="linux-pam"/><phrase revision="sysv"> and
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<xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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Since <phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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<phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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uses PAM to register user sessions, it is a good idea to build
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<application>Polkit</application> with PAM support so
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<phrase revision="sysv"><command>elogind</command></phrase>
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<phrase revision="systemd"><command>systemd-logind</command></phrase>
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can track <application>Polkit</application> sessions.
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</para>
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</note>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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<xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
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<xref linkend="libxslt"/>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<para role="required" revision="systemd">
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<xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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If <xref linkend="libxslt"/> is installed,
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then <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> are
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required. If you have installed <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, but you do
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not want to install any of the DocBook packages mentioned, you will
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need to use <option>--disable-man-pages</option> in the instructions
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below.
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</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"/>
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</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>
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There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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of the <command>polkitd</command> daemon after it is
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started. Issue the following commands as the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 27 polkitd &&
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useradd -c "PolicyKit Daemon Owner" -d /etc/polkit-1 -u 27 \
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-g polkitd -s /bin/false polkitd</userinput></screen>
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<note revision="systemd">
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<para>
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When building <application>Polkit</application> with
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<application>systemd</application> logind support, the
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<command>configure</command> script explicitly checks if
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system is booted using <application>systemd</application>.
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This can cause problems if building the package in chroot,
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where the <command>configure</command> would fail to
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detect <application>systemd</application>. To workaround
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the problem, simply run the following command:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i "s:/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/:/sys:g" configure</userinput></screen>
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</note>
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<para revision="sysv">
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Fix an issue introduced in recent <application>Polkit</application>
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realeases with elogind:
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</para>
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<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../polkit-&polkit-version;-fix_elogind_detection-1.patch &&
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autoreconf -fi</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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Install <application>Polkit</application> by running the following
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commands:
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</para>
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<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--sysconfdir=/etc \
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--localstatedir=/var \
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--disable-static \
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--with-os-type=LFS &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--sysconfdir=/etc \
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--localstatedir=/var \
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--disable-static \
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--with-os-type=LFS \
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--enable-libsystemd-login=no &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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Note that system <application>D-Bus</application> daemon
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must be running for the testsuite to complete.
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</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>
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<option>--with-authfw=shadow</option>: This switch enables the
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package to use the <application>Shadow</application> rather than the
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<application>Linux PAM</application> Authentication framework. Use it
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if you have not installed <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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</para>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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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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<para revision="sysv">
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<parameter>--enable-libsystemd-login=no</parameter>: This switch forces
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polkit to build with elogind support (if available) rather than systemd.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Polkit</title>
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<sect3>
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<title>PAM Configuration</title>
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<note>
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<para>
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If you did not build <application>Polkit</application> with
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<application>Linux PAM</application> support, you can skip this section.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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If you have built <application>Polkit</application> with
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<application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to modify
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the default PAM configuration file which was installed by default to get
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<application>Polkit</application> to work correctly with BLFS. Issue the
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following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user to create the configuration file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/polkit-1 << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/polkit-1
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auth include system-auth
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account include system-account
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password include system-password
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session include system-session
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# End /etc/pam.d/polkit-1</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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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>
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pkaction, pkcheck, pk-example-frobnicate, pkexec,
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pkttyagent and polkitd
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</seg>
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<seg>
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libpolkit-agent-1.so and
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libpolkit-gobject-1.so
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</seg>
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<seg>
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/etc/polkit-1,
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/usr/include/polkit-1,
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/usr/lib/polkit-1,
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/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/polkit-1 and
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/usr/share/polkit-1
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</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="pkaction">
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<term><command>pkaction</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is used to obtain information about registered PolicyKit actions.
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</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>
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is used to check whether a process is authorized for action.
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</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="pk-example-frobnicate">
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<term><command>pk-example-frobnicate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is an example program to test the <command>pkexec</command>
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command.
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</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="pkexec">
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<term><command>pkexec</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.
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</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="pkttyagent">
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<term><command>pkttyagent</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is used to start a textual authentication agent for the subject.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="polkit pkttyagent">
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<primary sortas="b-pkttyagent">pkttyagent</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>
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provides the org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 <application>D-Bus</application>
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service on the system message bus.
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</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="libpolkit-agent-1">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpolkit-agent-1.so</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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contains the <application>Polkit</application> authentication
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agent API functions.
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</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</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</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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contains the <application>Polkit</application> authorization API functions.
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</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</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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</sect1>
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