polkit Reference Manual

For version 0.120 — the latest version of this documentation can be found at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/.

I. polkit Overview
  Introduction
  Writing polkit applications
  Writing polkit Authentication Agents
II. D-Bus API Reference
  org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority Interface — Authority Interface
  org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.AuthenticationAgent Interface — Authentication Agent Interface
III. Library API Reference
  PolkitAuthority — Authority
  PolkitAuthorizationResult — Result for checking an authorization
  PolkitDetails — Object used for passing details
  PolkitError — Error codes
  PolkitActionDescription — Description of Actions
  PolkitTemporaryAuthorization — Temporary Authorizations
  PolkitPermission — PolicyKit GPermission implementation
  Subjects
    PolkitSubject — Type for representing subjects
    PolkitUnixProcess — Unix processs
    PolkitUnixSession — Unix sessions
    PolkitSystemBusName — Unique system bus names
  Identities
    PolkitIdentity — Type for representing identities
    PolkitUnixUser — Unix users
    PolkitUnixGroup — Unix groups
    PolkitUnixNetgroup — Unix netgroups
IV. Authentication Agent API Reference
  PolkitAgentListener — Abstract base class for Authentication Agents
  PolkitAgentTextListener — Text-based Authentication Agent
  PolkitAgentSession — Authentication Session
V. Manual Pages
  polkit — Authorization Manager
  polkitd — The polkit system daemon
  pkcheck — Check whether a process is authorized
  pkaction — Get details about a registered action
  pkexec — Execute a command as another user
  pkttyagent — Textual authentication helper
Object Hierarchy
Annotation Glossary
Index
A. License

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