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> 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 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 From everything I've read, I don't think I need a rule in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d. There is no rule there. 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. Also, Armin, thanks for explaining the autostart file options for me, and also for you other help so far. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
