On 12/11/2013 11:53 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/11/2013 03:56 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 10:06 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> On 12/11/2013 12:20 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>>> On 12/11/2013 06:45 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>>>> In addition to GParted, I would like to employ this method for the >>>>> Catalyst Control Center for my ATI-Radeon chip. >>>> 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. >>>> >>> When I first read this, I didn't do anything because I have polkit-gnome >>> installed. When I made the changes for pkexec in the gparted.desktop >>> file and tried to run it, nothing happened. I didn't even get the >>> message that I needed to be root. I guess that's progress. >>> >> You don't need to be root. As I said, pkexec *won't* allow you to run >> gui programs when using "pkexec guiprogram" unless you *create* a policy >> file in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions (which is the file you posted and I >> linked to in the arch forums). > I was unclear in my statement. I created the policy file containing the > action. I edited the gparted.desktop file to include pkexec. When I > selected "GParted" in my Applications Menu, nothing happened. I did not > even get a message. > > For clarity's sake, I'll include the files. I kept from doing this to > keep the posts shorter. But maybe there is something in them that > prevents what I'm trying to do. > > Here is > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted.policy: > >> exec.run-gparted.policy >> <?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.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted"> >> <description>Run GParted</description> >> <message>Authentication is required to run GParted</message> >> <defaults> >> <allow_any>no</allow_any> >> <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive> >> <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active> >> </defaults> >> <annotate >> key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/sbin/gparted</annotate> >> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">TRUE</annotate> >> </action> >> >> </policyconfig>
I've created /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gparted.policy file with the same contents (name shouldn't matter), and restarted polkitd daemon. > > Here is /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop: > >> Name=GParted >> GenericName=Partition Editor >> Comment=Create, reorganize, and delete partitions >> Exec=pkexec /usr/sbin/gparted %f >> Icon=gparted >> Terminal=false >> Type=Application >> Categories=GNOME;System;Filesystem; >> StartupNotify=true I've edited the desktop file and made it same as yours. > > And finally, the > /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop: > >> [Desktop Entry] >> Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent >> Comment=PolicyKit Authentication Agent >> Exec=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 >> Terminal=false >> Type=Application >> Categories= >> NoDisplay=true >> OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;Unity; >> AutostartCondition=GNOME3 unless-session gnome I have the same desktop file here. However, you do need to verify if authentication agent is started. Run "ps aux | grep polkit". You should get something like: armin 726 0.0 0.2 565160 15636 ? Sl 17:48 0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 in the output. > > From everything I've read, I don't think I need a rule in > /etc/polkit-1/rules.d. There is no rule there. No, you don't need any. > Like I said, when I try to run Gparted from the desktop, absolutely > nothing happens. It's got to be something quite simple now, but I can't > see it. > You should see polkit authentication dialog, asking for an administrator password. Do note that an gui authentication agent *must* be running (polkit-gnome in this case). That said, with the same configuration, everything works fine here. I do, however, use polkit-0.10whatever with Linux PAM support. Not sure if that should matter. > Also, Armin, thanks for explaining the autostart file options for me, > and also for you other help so far. > > Dan > > -- 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
