Both commands you mentioned cause a dialog asking for root password. On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Ilya Basin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> I want a graphical password prompt when an entry in /etc/crypttab is >> activated. >> I have Archlinux/Xfce >> >> Additionally installed xfce4-notifyd. >> >> This works: >> >> $ sudo systemd-gnome-ask-password-agent >> >> I think I can add this to ~/.xprofile, but I guess that's not how it was >> intended to work. >> > > Looks almost normal – that's also how other 'agents' like > polkit-gnome-agent or nm-applet work. (They belong to different daemons but > essentially do the same task.) Although, I suppose, the agent > should autostart via /etc/xdg/autostart or ~/.config/autostart (Xfce's > session settings), but that doesn't make any difference in the end. > > The only difference is that you *really* shouldn't need `sudo` here. The > agent itself will use polkit to send responses to systemd. Maybe your > display manager doesn't properly set up a logind session? Does `pkexec` > work? Does `pkcheck -p $$ -a org.freedesktop.systemd1.reply-password -u` > work? > > (Though I'm not entirely sure what restrictions the polkit side is > supposed to have. Is asked for admin password normal here, or should it > automatically allow replies from console sessions?) > > -- > Mantas Mikulėnas <[email protected]> >
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