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What is polkitd used for in Ubuntu?

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dindoun Posted messages 1047 Status Member -  
mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello,

do you know what polkitd is used for in Ubuntu?

/usr/lib/policykit/polkitd
Configuration: linux ubuntu dapper, gusty, hardy, server under hardy

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    mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 940
     
    I don’t understand, do you want me to do what, a copy-paste from Wikipedia?

    It answers your question in full: what is polkitd used for under Ubuntu?

    PolicyKit is a free software library that allows applications running with restricted rights to interact with privileged system services. Unlike other methods for privilege escalation like sudo, the process does not receive superuser rights, allowing for fine-grained control at the system level of what users can and cannot do. PolicyKit works on UNIX-like systems and is part of the freedesktop.org project.

    I really don’t understand what more you want oO.
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  2. mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 940
     
    As its name suggests, it's a piece of policykit.
    https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=polkitd&mode=exactfilename&suite=jaunty&arch=any
    https://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/policykit

    You can use https://packages.ubuntu.com/ to easily do this kind of searches, or use apt-cache and apt-file:
    http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/apt-cache
    http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/apt-file

    Happy continuing!
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  4. dindoun Posted messages 1047 Status Member 135
     
    the question then becomes what is policykit for
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  6. dindoun Posted messages 1047 Status Member 135
     
    hi
    as you can see my question has always been, what is it for, and not where can I find information about what it is for; but thanks anyway
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