On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 09:48:47PM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2011-08-30, David Purton <dcpur...@marshwiggle.net> wrote: > >
[SNIP]
>
> The simplest solution I have found is to override the default consolekit
> permissions. In the case of suspend and hibernate, these are specified
> in the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.upower.policy.
> To override, create a new file in
> /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/, give it a .pkla extension, and
> add the following content:
>
> [upower]
> Identity=unix-user:*
> Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*
> ResultAny=yes
>
> With that, I have the freedom to suspend and hibernate when using slim
> and startx. I have been able to remove gdm3, an important step towards
> removing all things GNOME-y in wheezy :-)
>
> I don't have the network-manager package installed, but apt-file tells
> me that it contains the files
> /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy and
> /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.network-manager-settings.system.policy.
> Therefore I'm sure you can adapt the above approach to suit your needs.
>
Nice solution. I will look into it as it doesn't modify any existing
files.
Thanks.
David
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