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POLICYKIT(8)                                                         PolicyKit                                                        POLICYKIT(8)

NAME

       PolicyKit - Centralized policy management

DESCRIPTION

       For more information about the big picture refer to the PolicyKit specification which can be normally be found under /usr/share/doc.

       TODO: This manual page should contain a simple introduction to PolicyKit for a system administrator audience. Remains to be written.

AUTHOR

       Written by David Zeuthen david@fubar.dk with a lot of help from many others.

BUGS

       Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the hal mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal. to
       subscribe.

SEE ALSO

       PolicyKit.conf(5), polkit-action(1), polkit-auth(1)

PolicyKit                                                           August 2007                                                       POLICYKIT(8)

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POLKIT-ACTION(1)						   polkit-action						  POLKIT-ACTION(1)

NAME

       polkit-action - List and modify registered PolicyKit actions

SYNOPSIS

       polkit-action [--action action] [--reset-defaults action] [--show-overrides] [--set-defaults-any action value]
		     [--set-defaults-inactive action value] [--set-defaults-active action value] [--version] [--help]

DESCRIPTION

       polkit-action is used to list and modify the PolicyKit actions that are registered on the system.

OPTIONS

       --action action
	   Show detailed information about a specific action.

       --reset-defaults action
	   Reset the defaults for the specified action to the factory defaults. The authorization needed to do this is
	   org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults.

       --show-overrides
	   Prints all actions for where the defaults are overridden.

       --set-defaults-any action value
	   Override the any stanza for the given action with the supplied value. The authorization needed to do this is
	   org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults. Valid values for value are no, auth_admin_one_shot, auth_admin, auth_admin_keep_session,
	   auth_admin_keep_always, auth_self_one_shot, auth_self, auth_self_keep_session, auth_self_keep_always, and yes.

       --set-defaults-inactive action value
	   Override the inactive stanza for the given action with the supplied value. The authorization needed to do this is
	   org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults. Valid values for value are no, auth_admin_one_shot, auth_admin, auth_admin_keep_session,
	   auth_admin_keep_always, auth_self_one_shot, auth_self, auth_self_keep_session, auth_self_keep_always, and yes.

       --set-defaults-active action value
	   Override the active stanza for the given action with the supplied value. The authorization needed to do this is
	   org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults. Valid values for value are no, auth_admin_one_shot, auth_admin, auth_admin_keep_session,
	   auth_admin_keep_always, auth_self_one_shot, auth_self, auth_self_keep_session, auth_self_keep_always, and yes.

       --version
	   Show version and exit.

       --help
	   Show usage information and exit.

COMPLETION

       PolicyKit ships with a collection of shell functions such that completion on options, action and value works when using the bash(1) shell.

BUGS

       Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the hal mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal. to
       subscribe.

SEE ALSO

       PolicyKit(8), PolicyKit.conf(5), polkit-auth(1)

PolicyKit							    August 2007 						  POLKIT-ACTION(1)
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