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)