2 Apr
2025
2 Apr
'25
12:02 a.m.
I updated my system from 14.1.2 to 14.1.3. I no longer could launch non
TDE tools as root using pkexec. Testing in the command line indicates
some kind of polkit issue.
I tested the same in KDE and had no problems.
I noticed in KDE there is a polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 process
running. No such process in TDE, but I don't recall anything like that
in previous versions of TDE. Kind of implies something in 14.1.3 changed
to expect a polkit agent.
On a whim I created a $TDEHOME/Autostart desktop file to launch the KDE
polkit agent. I then could again launch non TDE tools as root with pkexec.
Did something related change between 14.1.2 and 14.1.3? Digging further
into this indicates there has for a while been a polkit-tqt and
polkit-agent-tde package. I never had these packages installed and never
had an issue until 14.1.3.
Are these two packages now required in TDE? A simple executive summary
would be a help.
Thanks. :)
2 Apr
2 Apr
12:28 a.m.
On 2025/04/02 09:02 AM, Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
I updated my system from 14.1.2 to 14.1.3. I no
longer could launch non TDE tools as root using pkexec. Testing in the
command line indicates some kind of polkit issue.
I tested the same in KDE and had no problems.
I noticed in KDE there is a polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 process running. No such
process in TDE, but I don't
recall anything like that in previous versions of TDE. Kind of implies something in
14.1.3 changed to expect a polkit
agent.
On a whim I created a $TDEHOME/Autostart desktop file to launch the KDE polkit agent. I
then could again launch non TDE
tools as root with pkexec.
Did something related change between 14.1.2 and 14.1.3? Digging further into this
indicates there has for a while been a
polkit-tqt and polkit-agent-tde package. I never had these packages installed and never
had an issue until 14.1.3.
Are these two packages now required in TDE? A simple executive summary would be a help.
Hi Darrell,
polkit-tqt and polkit-agent-tde packages have been there for a number of releases
already.
Unless you have some special config banning root, you basically don't need them if you
are root, since you already have
all the permission you need being root.
Those packages are meant for non-root users and allows them to authorize execution of
actions that need special permission.
There has been no changes between R14.1.2 and R14.1.3 that would affect that, so if you
see a difference, the problem is
likely somewhere else (polkit config of those non TDE tools perhaps?). pkexec is a polkit
related tool, there is nothing
in TDE that would/could block it.
Cheers
Michele
1:10 a.m.
On 4/1/25 7:28 PM, Michele Calgaro via tde-devels wrote:
polkit-tqt and polkit-agent-tde packages have been
there for a number of
releases already.
Unless you have some special config banning root, you basically don't
need them if you are root, since you already have all the permission you
need being root.
Those packages are meant for non-root users and allows them to authorize
execution of actions that need special permission.
There has been no changes between R14.1.2 and R14.1.3 that would affect
that, so if you see a difference, the problem is likely somewhere else
(polkit config of those non TDE tools perhaps?). pkexec is a polkit
related tool, there is nothing in TDE that would/could block it.
Hmmm, so nothing changed from 14.1.2. I wonder what broke here or why
this behavior now exists.
Sigh.
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