Questions tagged [policykit]
Now called polkit, it's an OS component for controlling system-wide privileges in Unix-like operating systems.
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Ubuntu chrome remote desktop authentication super user
I tried to use google remote access to my Ubuntu computer for the first time in a while. When I try to turn on the chrome remote desktop to share my device, I get "An unknown error has occurred.&...
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How to enable accessibility for GTK applications running as root?
I have a graphical application on Ubuntu 20.04 that is run with pkexec to properly get necessary root access. Many users will need the on-screen keyboard for this app, however I noticed that GTK apps ...
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Gtk desktop app delayed on first launch (20.04)
I have a Gtkmm desktop app that requires root access. It worked fine on 18.04 using Lxqt-sudo but after upgrading to 20.0.4, it takes ~30 seconds to open only the first time after booting. In addition,...
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Script to disable Network LAN button for normal users Linux
On linux is it possible to disable LAN button for normal users like this one LAN Button
Let's say a normal user would disable the LAN, a popup should occur which requires user to input a password.
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How can I see the core dumps produced by the policy-kit service?
I seem to have an issue with policy-kit. The output of systemctl status --full --lines=100 polkit.service is
Feb 12 18:35:46 flu-T430 systemd[1]: polkit.service: Changed failed -> start
Feb 12 18:...
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How to enable fingerprint for screen unlocking and PolicyKit authentiation in Kubuntu 22.10?
I registered 2 fingerprints, but they don't seem to show up or work.
Here's my fingerprint reader according to lsusb of my 4th generation ThinkPad X1 Yoga:
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 06cb:00bd Synaptics, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome GUI doesn't ask for password to perform privileged actions (EG Software Updater) - You are not allowed to perform this action
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I've got a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 Server.
I installed Slim and ubuntu-desktop afterwards to get a GUI.
When I login to the GUI and open the Software Updater it tells me "You are ...
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why my polit rule seems not in action?
I expect following rules allow me to mount usb without pwd:
cat /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-allow-ssh-session-mount.pkla
Identity=unix-group:sudo
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2....
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Ubuntu 18.04 xrdp "Fix" Broke Everything
I have a Ubuntu 18.04 box I remotely access using xrdp. I noticed at login I kept getting this "Authentication is required to create a color profile/managed device" message whenever I logged ...
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After giving admin permissions to a user, xrdp shows a black screen
My host is an Ubuntu 22.04.1 machine on Oracle server, my client is an Ubuntu 20.04.5.
The connection was established via xrdp 0.9.17 using Xorg with no issue. Following this guide, I tried to give ...
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Why is policykit-1, agetty and qemu-ga running on a VPS server?
I didn't check my Ubuntu VPS server for a while and I can't remember these processes running displayed by ps aux:
root 1074 0.0 0.1 14664 2032 ttyS0 Ss+ 2020 0:00 /sbin/agetty -o -p -- ...
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Disabling linux user password prompts when accessing encrypted drives (polkit conf?)
I just created a new ext4 partition on a new drive and decided to use LUKS to encrypt it. I entered a password to use for encryption and the partition was created. So far, so good.
However, I have the ...
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Polkit authentication dialog locks focus
I'm using XFCE as desktop manager with XFWM as the window manager. Whenever an application uses polkit (or at least that's what I think it is) for authentication, the password dialog locks focus, so ...
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Delete polkit rule
I have followed this article
https://devanswers.co/how-to-fix-authentication-is-required-to-create-a-color-profile-managed-device-on-ubuntu-20-04-20-10/
Now I am no longer able to remove users, ...
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when i want install any application ot want to open folder as a adminstrator I will got follwing error error incorrect permissions
error incorrect permissions on /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 (needs to be setuid root)
I have tried following command
ls -l /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1
Expected output is
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After installing Chrome Remote Desktop polkit permissions are all skrewed up
After installing chrome-remote-desktop on Ubuntu 21.10 it seems to mess up polkit permissions. It asks for my password 3 times after logging in (color profiles, remote repositories, color management?),...
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always ask for sudo password when rebooting/shutdown the system
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I noticed that on manjaro, if there is only one user, typing reboot without sudo, will just fail and ask for the sudo password, whereas on ubuntu server, typing this doesn't ask for the sudo ...
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Where are Polkit actions documented?
How does one determine the name of a program (application) for Polkit?
In this example (a file in /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/)
[My Muon Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:sudo
Action=org....
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Debug PolicyKit Rules?
I'm running into what seems to be a simple problem that is driving me crazy.
I've done a clean install of Kubuntu 20.04. Everything is working fine locally on the machine, but my primary use case is ...
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How do I allow non-admin users to control printers?
An Ubuntu (21.10) PC is shared among a number of users, most of whom are not administrators. They are not allowed to install/remove/update software or directly alter system files, nevertheless all of ...
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Polkit All Messed Up
Ubuntu, vanilla 20.04.3 LTS - Originally installed Ubuntu about June of 2018.
Somehow I recently messed up my own permissions and started getting polkit error messages about me not being a member of ...
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How does Firefox update itself without asking for root/sudo password?
How does Firefox update itself without asking for root/sudo password?
It's installed in /usr, where regular users don't have write permissions, and neither /usr/bin/firefox, nor any files in /usr/lib/...
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Debugging a Policykit error
I am getting the following error when attempting to access the /mnt/data directory from the desktop.
GDBus.error:org.freedesktop.Policykit1.Error.Failed:Unix process subject does not have uid set
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I am not able to use any software that requires user authorization if not using gnome (21.04)
I am not able to use any software that requires user authorization, like ubuntu software center (snap store), softwares updates, etc, because when it's time to ask for my password to execute the task (...
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How to force policy-kit agent to show full information about command line arguments
I am using Ubuntu Mate 20.04 and pkexec to launch apps with admin privileges if needed.
However, when policy agent kit asking to authorize request, there is no enough information to make a decision. ...
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Can I remove policy kit?
On every desktop startup, I have a dialog asking for password. The cause is policy kit.
I haven't found what exactly is raising the prompt, but it brings me to the question:
Do I need policy kit? If ...
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The "Unlock" button has no effect in the "Time and Date Settings" dialog
I am trying to change the timezone via UI.
In order to do that I run time-admin from a command line as a regular user.
(It is also possible to open the same dialog by right-clicking on the Clock ...
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installing software policy without password
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, There are two accounts one with administrator privileged, the second is the standard one(without password)
I created a new file called:
10-allow-users-to-install.pkla
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Software & Updates permission failed
OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS x86_64
Kernel: 4.15.0-135-generic
DE: MATE
When i run Software & Updates i get the following error:
You are not allowed to perform this action
You don't have the required ...
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locked out of my luks volume "Not authorized to perform operation (polkit authority not available and caller is not uid 0)"
For no apparent reason, I can no longer access my LUKS-encrypted volume.
It has been working for months but today on trying to open it in Nautilus, I get a passphrase request (which I didn't before, ...
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Polkit Window doesn't allow user selection, how to pick different admin
I'm running the latest Ubuntu 20.04.1
It seems like polkit(I could be wrong here) isn't working as expected. When a regular, non-admin, user tries to do something that needs admin, they get a dialog ...
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This a problem with /etc/sudoers.d file?
After executing this line, the return worried me.
~$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (...
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firewall-cmd error on polkit
I am trying to run firewall-cmd --list-all but i am receiving the response
Authorization failed Make sure polkit application is running
or run the application as superuser.
I can see that polkit is ...
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What's going on with PolicyKit?
PolicyKit shipped in Ubuntu 20.04 has version 0.105 from 2012. Currently Fedora 33 ships version 0.116. I know there was a change in configuration files starting from version 0.106 (they became ...
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Configuring Polkit to allow complete control remotely
I have a headless server running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It has been infuriating trying to deal with configuring various aspects of my server when I am not allowed to do so. Polkit has made the simple act ...
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Allow Remote Users to Add/Remove Printers
This is driving me up the wall! I feel I'm so close, but I'm probably missing just one tiny detail.
I have a Ubuntu desktop setup to be a CUPS server. I need to add printers via the GUI interface, ...
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unable to enable sierra modem due to policykit
I have a machine running ubuntu 16.04 and mmcli 1.6.4 with a Sierra MC7710 modem installed. It's currently showing
mmcli -m 0 -w
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: Initial state, 'disabled'
when ...
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Configure pkexec to only prompt for password once
When using sudo there is a timeout where you don't have to type the password again for x minutes when you run sudo again. Is it possible to get the same thing for graphical applications which use ...
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Not authorized to perform operation (polkit authority not available and caller is not uid 0) (udisks-error-quark,3)
I've a Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive Quad x16 card installed in Dell 5820 workstation in which 4 x ADATA 2TB NVMe SSD drives. Besides, 1 x Toshiba 2TB NVMe SSD drive (Ubuntu 18.04 boot) and 2 x ...
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Fingerprint-gui not installing in 20.04 [duplicate]
I tried the following but no use:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui
I got this error:
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Fingerprint gui not installing in ubuntu 20.04 Even tried adding ppa [duplicate]
I tried the following commands:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui
but I ...
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Fingerprint GUI not installing in Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to install fingerprint-gui on my Lenovo Ideapad 520 having Ubuntu 20.04 on which fingerprint isn't working for now.
I tried going directly to Settings → Users → Automatic login and enabled ...
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How to install software using Software Center as non-root user?
How can I allow non-root users to install from Software Center?
I want to be able to install software as current logged in user, but instead I am prompted with Administrator and Password.
This is ...
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NetworkManager constantly prompts for admin password
I'm running Ubuntu 19.10.
NetworkManager constantly asks for the admin password with "System policy prevents wi-fi scans"
I've seen online instructions for how to disable this with polkit, but nothing ...
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polkit asks for password constantly while looking at wifi settings
polkit asks for my password when I do ANYTHING with wifi settings. I've already tried editing usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy and setting allow_active to yet, but it ...
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How to let Polkit request root password instead users password
I'm seeking for kind of old style solution: I need to cause all elevated priviledges platform on Ubuntu machine to request target user/root password instead of asking for calling user password.
I've ...
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not authorized to perform operation polkit authority not available
I have successfully set up remote connection to a PC (which uses linux) via XRDP. the system from which the connection is lunched is on Windows 10. when using remote connection, I am not given ...
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Can not run updates on Bionic 18.04
So I had a problem with Xenial and thought it would be solved when I upgrade to Bionic but I still have the issue. After doing a fresh install of Bionic, I tried to update everything using the '...
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Can't update flatpak: »Flatpak system operation Deploy not allowed for user«
I have some problems trying to update my flatpaks. I have several applications installed via flatpak (system wide) and from time to time I am updating all of them with the command:
flatpak update -y
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Ubuntu 18.04: No polkit authentication agent found
I get the error message above when I try to write to a file I don't have permission to in Visual Studio Code. I choose "Retry as sudo":
Click sudo
and get the error:
Error message
This only happens ...
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