From 6bb92a169e8a65e7def5545798001e0dbecc7d4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:50:16 +0200 Subject: polkit: temporarily spawn of a polkit agent in terminals for possibly authenticated operations --- man/loginctl.xml | 8 ++++++++ man/systemctl.xml | 12 +++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/loginctl.xml b/man/loginctl.xml index af1d631cf4..cf0be0d19b 100644 --- a/man/loginctl.xml +++ b/man/loginctl.xml @@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ pager. + + + + Don't query the user + for authentication for privileged + operations. + + diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 167a72b58b..84f1b1cd60 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -299,11 +299,13 @@ systemctl will query the user on the terminal for the necessary secrets. Use this option to - switch this behavior off. In this - case the password must be supplied by - some other means (for example - graphical password agents) or the - service might fail. + switch this behavior off. In this case + the password must be supplied by some + other means (for example graphical + password agents) or the service might + fail. This also disables querying the + user for authentication for privileged + operations. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf