An authorization framework
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.
Version: 123
See also: polkit-pkla-compat.
General Commands | |
| pkaction | Get details about a registered action |
| pkcheck | Check whether a process is authorized |
| pkexec | Execute a command as another user |
| pkttyagent | Textual authentication helper |
System Administration | |
| polkit | Authorization Manager |
| polkitd | The polkit system daemon |