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On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:10:37 luis jure wrote: |
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> on 2011-02-27 at 11:32 Paul Colquhoun wrote: |
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> >If it involved PolicyKit, that may be the cause. Look in |
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> >/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf and see if that is blocking your access. |
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> mmm... i don't have this file (or the /etc/PolicyKit directory, for that |
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> matter). i only have the /etc/polkit-1 directory, belonging to |
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> sys-auth/polkit. |
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> the PolicyKit.conf file should already be there? which package provides |
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> it? or can i just create it from scratch? |
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Hmmm. "equery b" for /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf or just /etc/PolicyKit |
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doesn't return any packages on my system. |
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I suspect that they belong to some part of KDE, as the permission errors I was |
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tracking down came from the Dolphin file manager, and they could thus control |
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how KDE uses the policykit framework. They may also be leftovers from when |
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KDE/Gentoo used to use policykit, and have since stopped. It's sometimes hard |
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to keep up with these changes. |
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It's possible that I created the file and directory by hand, after finding |
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instructions via Google search, such as |
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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65070 |
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In case you want to risk this, the full content of my file is: |
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##################### |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- --> |
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<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN" |
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"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd"> |
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<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format --> |
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<config version="0.1"> |
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<define_admin_auth group="wheel"/> |
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<match user="root"> |
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<return result="yes"/> |
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</match> |
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<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*"> |
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<return result="yes" /> |
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</match> |
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</config> |
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##################### |
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-- |
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Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol |
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. |
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Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes. |
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