On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Yclept Nemo <orbisvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
[...] > > Unfortunately authorization cannot procede without an authentication > agent. So, in which way should the authentication agent be started? > > Should a dbus service file be provided by polkit-gnome or polkit-1? > Should an entry ~/.xinitrc or similar be used to start > "/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1" alongside > a windowmanager ? > Should polkitd automatically spawn a default authentication-agent, one > that works in qt/gtk/other/text-only modes ? With polkit-1, the responsibility for starting a suitable authentication agent lies with the user session. As you mention, for Gnome, we install an autostart file that start polkit-gnome-authentication-agent, but other scenarios are possible. Matthias _______________________________________________ polkit-devel mailing list polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/polkit-devel
