Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
with lxpolikt working fine now thanks for your replies :) On 07/11/2014 04:22 AM, Doug Newgard wrote: On 2014-07-10 19:10, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: As I see on archlinux polkit [1] there are some limitations .. I have add myself on wheel group and uncomment on sudoers file.. now what ? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Limitations You shouldn't need any of that, just the authentication agent as I already said. And please don't top post. -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras weblog → http://jemadux.noblogs.org xmpp → k...@grrlz.net
[arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras = mail - k...@grrlz.net xmpp - k...@grrlz.net weblog - http://jemadux.noblogs.org
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On 10/07/14 06:56 PM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? I'm a bit unsure about what you're asking for. To avoid the error, you should run it with root privileges with a command like `pkexec gparted`. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On 2014-07-10 17:56, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? You need to install and run a polkit authentication agent.
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
As I see on archlinux polkit [1] there are some limitations .. I have add myself on wheel group and uncomment on sudoers file.. now what ? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Limitations On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:58:25 -0500 Doug Newgard scim...@archlinux.info wrote: On 2014-07-10 17:56, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? You need to install and run a polkit authentication agent. -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras = mail - k...@grrlz.net xmpp - k...@grrlz.net weblog - http://jemadux.noblogs.org
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
Maybe add users if you havent done that. On Jul 10, 2014 5:57 PM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras k...@grrlz.net wrote: In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras = mail - k...@grrlz.net xmpp - k...@grrlz.net weblog - http://jemadux.noblogs.org
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/10/2014 08:10 PM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: As I see on archlinux polkit [1] there are some limitations .. I have add myself on wheel group and uncomment on sudoers file.. now what ? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Limitations On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:58:25 -0500 Doug Newgard scim...@archlinux.info wrote: On 2014-07-10 17:56, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: In my new laptop , I install archlinux and works fine but also when I try to use gparted not promont one dialog to have root priviliges .. how to fix that ? You need to install and run a polkit authentication agent. Salutations, Run : /usr/bin/gparted_polkit Regards, Mark -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlO/Nc8ACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/YxPQD8DLXk+NbEsLImlcDn2recg9jT 1JwH/MC6m/gt3Mdxv4gA/A+AByIV+kQ17BEE5yCFw3rqsdYdhllcMkx2HsyIfCi/ =o+Es -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On 2014-07-10 19:10, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: As I see on archlinux polkit [1] there are some limitations .. I have add myself on wheel group and uncomment on sudoers file.. now what ? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Limitations You shouldn't need any of that, just the authentication agent as I already said. And please don't top post.
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
I have already installed polkit-gnome but I am using XFCE :D On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:22:29 -0500 Doug Newgard scim...@archlinux.info wrote: On 2014-07-10 19:10, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: As I see on archlinux polkit [1] there are some limitations .. I have add myself on wheel group and uncomment on sudoers file.. now what ? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Limitations You shouldn't need any of that, just the authentication agent as I already said. And please don't top post. -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras = mail - k...@grrlz.net xmpp - k...@grrlz.net weblog - http://jemadux.noblogs.org
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 20:54 -0400, Mark Lee wrote: Run : /usr/bin/gparted_polkit JFTR the default command of the menu is /usr/sbin/gparted %f , so the menu entry has to be changed. Additionally the OP perhaps has to start something, that isn't automatically started for the used DE/WM. I e.g. use lightdm to start JWM. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat .jwmrc ?xml version=1.0? JWM !-- lxpolkit is needed when e.g. using pkexec instead of gksudo -- !-- StartupCommand/usr/lib/lxpolkit/lxpolkit/StartupCommand -- [snip] I add this line, but commented it out, so it results in [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ /usr/bin/gparted_polkit Error executing command as another user: No authentication agent found. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pkexec gparted AUTHENTICATING FOR org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted === Authentication is required to run the GParted Partition Editor Multiple identities can be used for authentication: 1. rocketmouse 2. chuser Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): rocketmouse Invalid response `rocketmouse'. AUTHENTICATION CANCELED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gksudo gparted == libparted : 3.1 == It works after starting lxpolkit. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ /usr/lib/lxpolkit/lxpolkit [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ /usr/bin/gparted_polkit == libparted : 3.1 == [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pkexec gparted == libparted : 3.1 == [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /usr/bin/gparted_polkit #!/bin/bash if [ $(which pkexec) ]; then pkexec --disable-internal-agent /usr/bin/gparted $@ else /usr/bin/gparted $@ fi
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On 2014-07-10 20:29, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: I have already installed polkit-gnome but I am using XFCE :D Is it running? And again, please don't top post.
Re: [arch-general] gparted cant take root priviliges
On 2014-07-10 21:36, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 20:54 -0400, Mark Lee wrote: Run : /usr/bin/gparted_polkit JFTR the default command of the menu is /usr/sbin/gparted %f , so the menu entry has to be changed. No, it isn't. % cat /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop | grep Exec Exec=/usr/bin/gparted_polkit %f
