https://github.com/sandsmark/polkit-dumb-agent

a polkit agent in 145 lines of code, because polkit is dumb and none of the other agents worked
https://github.com/sandsmark/polkit-dumb-agent

authentication authorization cpp dbus desktop-environment linux linux-desktop policykit polkit polkit-agent qt xdg

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a polkit agent in 145 lines of code, because polkit is dumb and none of the other agents worked

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sandsmark/polkit-dumb-agent
• Owner: sandsmark
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-09-10T20:24:11.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-12-24T18:34:44.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-13T01:38:52.446Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: authentication, authorization, cpp, dbus, desktop-environment, linux, linux-desktop, policykit, polkit, polkit-agent, qt, xdg
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 29.3 KB
• Stars: 72
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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polkit-dumb-agent

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polkit is dumb, and never works.

so here is probably the simplest version you can have (except the first one

that just ACKed every call), 97 lines of C++ and 45 lines of C, in total 142

lines of code.

it just uses kdesu to call a helper as root to send the reply, so all requests

requires the user to enter the root password.

TODO

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Write a simple replacement for polkit itself, it's a simple dbus API and

90% of what it provides is never used.

Requirements

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 - C++ compiler

 - Qt5 (dbus and widgets)

 - kdesu