Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Armin K. wrote: > On 12/12/2013 11:14 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> On 12/12/2013 03:17 PM, akhiezer wrote: >>>> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:37:39 -0600 >>>> From: Dan McGhee >>>> To: BLFS Support List >>>> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Acti

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-12 Thread Armin K.
On 12/12/2013 11:14 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/12/2013 03:17 PM, akhiezer wrote: >>> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:37:39 -0600 >>> From: Dan McGhee >>> To: BLFS Support List >>> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions >>> >> . >&g

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-12 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/12/2013 03:17 PM, akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:37:39 -0600 >> From: Dan McGhee >> To: BLFS Support List >> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions >> > . > . >> I usually don't suggest things like this and I don&

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-12 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:37:39 -0600 > From: Dan McGhee > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions > . . > > I usually don't suggest things like this and I don't know if ConsoleKit > can be used without PAM

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-12 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/11/2013 06:06 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/11/2013 05:50 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 12/12/2013 12:47 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> On 12/11/2013 05:35 PM, Armin K. wrote: On 12/12/2013 12:19 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: You can always try running "pkexec /usr/sbin/gparted" from a terminal

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/11/2013 05:50 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 12/12/2013 12:47 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 05:35 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>> On 12/12/2013 12:19 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> You can always try running "pkexec /usr/sbin/gparted" from a terminal >>> and check the output. >> Interesting output. Now

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
On 12/12/2013 12:47 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/11/2013 05:35 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 12/12/2013 12:19 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> On 12/11/2013 05:01 PM, Armin K. wrote: I have the same desktop file here. However, you do need to verify if authentication agent is started. Run "ps aux |

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/11/2013 05:35 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 12/12/2013 12:19 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 05:01 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>> 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:

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
On 12/12/2013 12:19 AM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/11/2013 05:01 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> 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 ?

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/11/2013 05:01 PM, Armin K. wrote: > 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

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
Something happened in my "copy and paste" skills. This is how /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted.policy should actually look (the first line in the previous post shouldn't be there): > > "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" > "http

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
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 >

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
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. >

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
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

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
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.

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
On 12/11/2013 07:58 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 12/11/2013 12:20 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 06:45 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> 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.p

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/11/2013 12:20 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 12/11/2013 06:45 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> 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

Re: [blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Armin K.
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

[blfs-support] Polkit Actions

2013-12-11 Thread Dan McGhee
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 befor