Indeed $SUDO_USER works for applications that check $SUDO_USER, for example, the following work similarly in the case of lxdm-config :
pkexec /usr/bin/env USER=$USER /usr/bin/lxdm-config pkexec /usr/bin/env SUDO_USER=$USER /usr/bin/lxdm-config pkexec --keep-user-env /usr/bin/lxdm-config Note : the problem when using "env" is that "/usr/bin/env" is matched by org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path , so it's not a solution (all programs in need to keep $USER would get the same action policy) : that's why I wrote this patch. Using $SUDO_USER or $USER both require a patch JP 2016-02-27 16:29 GMT+01:00 Colin Walters <walt...@verbum.org>: > > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016, at 07:01 AM, Jean-Philippe Guillemin wrote: > > Hi, > Many X applications require root privileges, but at the same time want to > keep the original $USER env variable > > > Isn't the more correct precedent for this the `SUDO_USER` environment > variable? > > > > _______________________________________________ > polkit-devel mailing list > polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/polkit-devel > >
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