Bug 17938 - polkit-grant-helper: it only makes sense to run polkit-grant-helper as non-root
Summary: polkit-grant-helper: it only makes sense to run polkit-grant-helper as non-root
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: PolicyKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: daemon (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium critical
Assignee: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
QA Contact: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
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Reported: 2008-10-07 00:03 UTC by Γριφεγ (z0z0tuss)
Modified: 2009-10-21 10:38 UTC (History)
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Description Γριφεγ (z0z0tuss) 2008-10-07 00:03:20 UTC 
PackageKit console pkcon can't be run as root because PolicyKit:

localhost:~ # pkcon refresh
refresh-cache                                     [               ] (0%)  Attempting to obtain authorization for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh.
polkit-grant-helper: it only makes sense to run polkit-grant-helper as non-root
Failed to obtain authorization for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh.
You don't have the necessary privileges for this operation
Comment 1 David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail) 2009-10-21 10:38:17 UTC 
This bug report is for the old version of PolicyKit. Closing as all of the code has been rewritten. Please reopen if the bug report applies to the latest version of PolicyKit. Thanks.

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