On 12/11/2013 06:45 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > Now that I've learned (?) how to deal with polkit--as documented in > another thread--I'd like to get a few more things under my belt. In > particular, I'd like to call gparted from the menus in my desktop > system. The way it works in Ubuntu is that a message pops up and asks > for my password before GParted runs. Right now I get only the message > that I need to be root to run it. I found this at the Arch wiki: >
Ubuntu used gksu/gksudo which called respective utilities for authentication as superuser. PolicyKit is somehow different mechanism. >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC >> "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" >> "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd";> >> <policyconfig> >> >> <action id="org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted"> >> <message>Authentication is required to run the GParted Partition >> Editor</message> >> <icon_name>gparted</icon_name> >> <defaults> >> <allow_any>auth_admin</allow_any> >> <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive> >> <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active> >> </defaults> >> <annotate >> key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/gparted</annotate> >> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate> >> </action> >> >> </policyconfig> > > This is a polkit action file to be put in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions > directory. As written, it would go in that directory with the name > > "org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted" > > What I haven't been able to find is the answer to the following > question. Does it matter that part of the name would be "org.archlinux" > or is this just a name and doesn't refer to anything else on my system. > There are only two "org's" in the actions I have now: freedesktop and > xorg. Both of those have things installed on my system. If it's just a > name, then I don't have to consider anything else. > This matters little. You could use any valid domain name or no at all. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=999328#p999328, for nearly the same rule they used org.freedesktop... > In addition to GParted, I would like to employ this method for the > Catalyst Control Center for my ATI-Radeon chip. > > Thanks, > Dan > > You have to edit both .desktop files and add "pkexec /path/to/program" to the Exec= line. Do note that using pkexec requires an authentication agent to be running, such as polkit-gnome or lxpolkit. The file you mentioned is necessarry because pkexec won't allow running gui programs by default. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
