On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:11 AM Mohamed Ali Fodha < fodha.mohamed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I want to run reboot as normal user using the following command: > dbus-send --system --print-reply --reply-timeout=2000 --type=method_call > --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 > org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Reboot boolean:false > > but I got a Permission denied error. > > I checked that verify_shutdown_creds (in logind-dbus.c) calls > bus_verify_polkit_async, could it be the reason why I got permission denied > error while polkit is not installed? > Yes. Polkit is the authorization system that decides whether to allow normal users to do privileged actions or not. > I don't want to use Polkit or sudo, is there any solution ? > No. -- Mantas Mikulėnas
