On 2011-08-31, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue 30 Aug 2011 at 21:48:47 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> 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 :-) > > This appears to be a very elegant solution and far better than > downgrading consolekit or altering a file in /etc/pam.d. For a start, it > gives better granuality and flexibility. It also has the the advantage > of fitting in better with the existing consolekt/policykit setups, For > example, I changed the second line to 'Identity=unix-group:powerdev' to > reflect the usual Debian way of allowing users to access a service.
I think consolekit is intended to be decoupled from traditional user groups, some of which may be removed in the future. See #568895 for example. > > Apologies for being a little lazy but is there documentation for the > stanza you have given above? I'd guess it's something to do with d-bus > but would not be surprised to be wrong. The pklocalauthority man page has all the details. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnj5v3jh.58k.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
