[xubuntu-users] Unable to cleanly shutdown, auth_admin <-- (action, result) ?

[dave selby]

Slightly refined script + my policy kit notes in case anyone is interested

Lets less priveledged processes communicate with more privileged processes,
its a cool sudo's replacement !
Problem is xubuntu forgot to add a couple of important rules.

polkit-action ... lists all possible policy kit actions
polkit-auth ...   prints policy kit authentications
polkit-config-file-validate ... validates /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf

man PolicyKit.conf
sudo vi /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration
1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match user="root">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
    <define_admin_auth group="admin"/>

    <match
action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown-multiple-sessions">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match
action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot-multiple-sessions">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

</config>
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