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polkit-is-privileged

polkit-is-privileged(1M)				  System Administration Commands				  polkit-is-privileged(1M)

NAME

       polkit-is-privileged - check PolicyKit privileges

SYNOPSIS

       polkit-is-privileged  [-hvV] -u user -p privilege [-r resource]

DESCRIPTION

       The  polkit-is-privileged  command  queries  system  policy  to determine whether a user is allowed for a given privilege and resource. The
       resource name can be omitted. On the Solaris operating system, RBAC authorizations names should be used as privilege names.

       Currently, the only consumer of PolicyKit is hald(1M).

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -h, --help

	   Display list of options and exit.

       -p privilege, --privilege privilege

	   Name of privilege associated with user. Command tests for this privilege.

       -r resource, --resource resource

	   Name of resource associated with user and privilege. Command tests for this resource.

       -u user, --user user

	   User name or user id that is tested for.

       -v, --verbose

	   Verbose mode.

       -V, --version

	   Displays version number.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWhalr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       auths(1), profiles(1), hald(1M), getauthattr(3SECDB), auth_attr(4), policy.conf(4), prof_attr(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    22 Aug 2006 					  polkit-is-privileged(1M)