Thank you Liliane for the in-depth explanation and for the rule. I had to use
polkit.Result.YES however for a successful password change.
Regards
Le jeudi 17 avril 2025 18:10:58 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Liliane Fontenot
a écrit :
> that password should be the *user's* password, and not the
> root password,
You are right, the current user password is asked in the confirmation dialog
with a correct message when using AUTH_SELF.
Thanks
On Thu, Apr 17, 2025, at 11:23 AM, SET wrote:
>
>
> Thank you Liliane for the in-depth explanation and for the rule. I had to
> use polkit.Result.YES however for a successful password change.
The result I used will still request a password for confirmation.
However, that password should be th
On Sun, Apr 13, 2025, at 9:19 AM, SET wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> If a user password is changed in systemsettings, root authorisation is
> requested willfully, with a UI text confirming that it’s mandatory even if
> it’s the user password being updated.
This is a result of the polkit policy which sa
Hello,
If a user password is changed in systemsettings, root authorisation is
requested willfully, with a UI text confirming that it’s mandatory even if it’s
the user password being updated.
No such request is made when doing that in a terminal and that's well within
reach of any Arch user.
I
