Re: Late authentication

[August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com>]

On 2015-01-06 17:40, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2015-01-05, August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I tried adding the file
> > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/test.pkla with the content
> > below (and restarting X) but it made no difference; update-manager still
> > asks for root password when launched.
> >
> > $ sudo cat /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/test.pkla
> > [test]
> > Identity=unix-group:sudo
> > Action=org.debian.apt.update-cache
> > ResultActive=yes
>
> Some things to check:
>
> - Are the file name "test.pkla" and the group name "test" unique?

I think so. At least there are no other (.pkla) files in 
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/*

> - Does the unix group "sudo" exist, and are you a member thereof?

Yes.

> - Has the action "org.debian.apt.update-cache" been defined? (Look under
>    /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/.)

Yes, it's defined in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.apt.policy.

> - Is dbus-daemon running during your Blackbox session?

Yes, my Blackbox session is started from ~/.xinitrc with the command

	exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch blackbox


-- August