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| author | David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> | 2012-04-11 13:15:48 -0400 |
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| committer | David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> | 2012-04-11 15:45:17 -0400 |
| commit | bda0fc1de3361fc6f377d041ce2088118048fdf7 (patch) | |
| tree | 382c1020b2aff311e7e9aa866130b45d692a6031 /docs/man/polkit.xml | |
| parent | 4aa6dd28476e12a5265d71b6bc19c730f1036785 (diff) | |
| download | polkit-bda0fc1de3361fc6f377d041ce2088118048fdf7.tar.gz | |
Add pkttyagent(1) helper
This came up while working on
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804088
and is useful for example if it's not suitable or appropriate to link
against the polkit libraries.
Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/man/polkit.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/polkit.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/polkit.xml b/docs/man/polkit.xml index ae67f7c..188c514 100644 --- a/docs/man/polkit.xml +++ b/docs/man/polkit.xml @@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ System Context | | implemention for systems without a <literal>root</literal> account. </para> + + <para> + Applications that do not run under a desktop environment (for + example, if launched from a + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + login) may not have have an authentication agent associated with + them. Such applications may use the <link + linkend="PolkitAgentTextListener-struct">PolkitAgentTextListener</link> + type or the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkttyagent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + helper so the user can authenticate using a textual interface. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 id="polkit-declaring-actions"><title>DECLARING ACTIONS</title> @@ -469,6 +481,9 @@ System Context | | <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>pkexec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>pkttyagent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry> |