>> When I run the example program I attached it prompts for a password
>> when I press unlock, and each time I activate the GtkEntry (i.e. for
>> all D-Bus calls). I was expecting it to only ask the first time and
>> then work for the next n minutes (like sudo). Is this a configuration
>> issue?
On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 10:00 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> I'll add that.
OK, I've added this to polkit and polkit-gnome master git repos. I've
also added some discussion to the description of PolkitLockButton about
this
http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/polkit-gtk/polkit-gtk-1-polkitlockbutton.html
On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 17:42 +1000, Robert Ancell wrote:
> >> - To avoid the client having to enter their password for each D-Bus
> >> call the server should maintain a list of authorized D-Bus names.
> >> This is safe because D-Bus guarantees these names to be unique
> >
> > Now, a Mechanism _may_
>> - To avoid the client having to enter their password for each D-Bus
>> call the server should maintain a list of authorized D-Bus names.
>> This is safe because D-Bus guarantees these names to be unique
>
> Now, a Mechanism _may_ cache the results authorization checks but it
> really shouldn't u
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 17:58 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 2009/7/27 David Zeuthen :
> >> this still true if the d-bus daemon is restarted?)
> >
> > The system bus daemon should _never ever_ be restarted. The guarantee
> > that unique system bus names are _never_ recycled is a good reason why
> > th
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 10:39 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> The system bus daemon should _never ever_ be restarted. The guarantee
> that unique system bus names are _never_ recycled is a good reason why
> this is so.
>
There are plenty of interesting techniques to restart a system daemon
while reta
2009/7/27 David Zeuthen :
>> this still true if the d-bus daemon is restarted?)
>
> The system bus daemon should _never ever_ be restarted. The guarantee
> that unique system bus names are _never_ recycled is a good reason why
> this is so. I know some distributions still live in some interesting
>
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 13:07 +1000, Robert Ancell wrote:
> Yes, a lock. I think this is required for any configuration dialog as
> the UI may not be able to show the configuration until the client is
> authorized and the user doesn't want to authorize for each config
> change.
Not necessarily. I m
Attaching updated example (works well for me). Please feedback if it
is not doing the right calls. I haven't updated it to use the new
polkit-gtk button but that will be the next step.
2009/7/27 David Zeuthen :
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:40 +1000, Robert Ancell wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to
That's just what I want!! Thanks!
2009/7/27 David Zeuthen :
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 16:22 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
>> Hmm, it might be nice to have library API for doing all this since it is
>> rather complicated. Like, we'd have some code in polkit-gobject-1 to do
>> the server side bits and
Thanks David,
> The code doesn't really compile without mirror.h...
Whoops, attached. Note that the program is not interesting in itself,
rather that it is using PK correctly.
> First you appear to be mixing the new PolicyKit version with the old one
> (the server links against polkit-gobject-1
On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 16:22 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> Hmm, it might be nice to have library API for doing all this since it is
> rather complicated. Like, we'd have some code in polkit-gobject-1 to do
> the server side bits and maybe a polkit-gtk-1 library for the client
> side bits. Unfortunat
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:40 +1000, Robert Ancell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to learn how to use PolicyKit for configuration of a
> server. Find attached a demo program (which I plan to post as a a
> tutorial) which does the following:
> - Has a server providing a method "Reflect" which reverses
Hi,
I'm trying to learn how to use PolicyKit for configuration of a
server. Find attached a demo program (which I plan to post as a a
tutorial) which does the following:
- Has a server providing a method "Reflect" which reverses a string
- Has a client with a text entry that uses that uses the se
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