polkit

Authorization toolkit for defining and handling system permissions

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Toolkit for defining and handling authorizations

pkactionpkcheckpkexecpkttyagent

Execute a command with elevated privileges using PolicyKit$ pkexec /usr/bin/some-privileged-command

Check if a user has authorization for a specific action$ pkcheck -u user -p 1234 -a org.freedesktop.policykit.exec

Launch the authentication agent for interactive privilege escalation$ pkttyagent -p 1234