What is polkitd used for in Ubuntu?
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Hello,
do you know what polkitd is used for in Ubuntu?
/usr/lib/policykit/polkitd
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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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.
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.
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!
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!
Well, you do the same; you look at the description of policykit now that you know how to do it!
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolicyKit
https://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia+policykit&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.debian:fr:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a&gws_rd=ssl
Good luck
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolicyKit
https://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia+policykit&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.debian:fr:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a&gws_rd=ssl
Good luck