Thanks :)
Hamish
On 19/03/18 11:38, Tim Waugh wrote:
> That's exactly the idea. :-)
>
> Tim.
> */
>
>
> On 19 March 2018 at 11:37, Hamish MB wrote:
>> Thanks Tim.
>>
>> Right, so I should be able to make a script to run processes as root,
>> and then make a polkit action for that script, so the
That's exactly the idea. :-)
Tim.
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On 19 March 2018 at 11:37, Hamish MB wrote:
> Thanks Tim.
>
> Right, so I should be able to make a script to run processes as root,
> and then make a polkit action for that script, so the dialogs are nicely
> presented, rather than displaying script names an
Thanks Tim.
Right, so I should be able to make a script to run processes as root,
and then make a polkit action for that script, so the dialogs are nicely
presented, rather than displaying script names and things like that. Is
that a hack/bad idea or does it sound okay? I'm sure there must be a
ni
On 16 March 2018 at 14:05, Hamish MB wrote:
> I see, I think. In that case it sounds like the wrong tool for what I'm
> trying to do, though I'm sure that for example synaptic uses it. I'm thinking
> specifically of using pkexec, does that work this way too?
Yes, pkexec just uses the org.freede
I see, I think. In that case it sounds like the wrong tool for what I'm trying
to do, though I'm sure that for example synaptic uses it. I'm thinking
specifically of using pkexec, does that work this way too?
Hamish
On 16 Mar 2018, at 10:11, Tim Waugh
mailto:twa...@redhat.com>> wrote:
The way
The way polkit works is that you have a privileged executable with a
well-known D-Bus object name, a defined D-Bus interface to it, and an
unprivileged executable which asks the system D-Bus for the object
with the interface.
The interface can be as fine-grained as you like. But you definitely
wan
Hi Hamish,
> One of the things I need to get to reasonably soon is sorting out
> using polkit to escalate privileges rather than running my GUI
> programs as root.
...
> Would it be a better idea to make separate scripts for privileged
> actions and polkit rules for them?
What's the GUI doing tha
Hi everyone,
One of the things I need to get to reasonably soon is sorting out using polkit
to escalate privileges rather than running my GUI programs as root. This is
because Wayland doesn't allow GUI apps to run as root without a hack.
Tim suggested I try using pkexec, but I can confirm thi
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