polkit Reference Manual

For version 0.105 — the latest version of this documentation can be found at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/.

I. polkit Overview

Introduction
Writing polkit applications
Writing polkit Authentication Agents
Extending polkit

II. D-Bus API Reference

org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority Interface — Authority Interface
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.AuthenticationAgent Interface — Authentication Agent Interface

III. Client API Reference

PolkitAuthority — Authority

PolkitAuthorizationResult — Result for checking an authorization

PolkitDetails — Object used for passing details

PolkitError — Error codes

PolkitActionDescription — Description of Actions

PolkitTemporaryAuthorization — Temporary Authorizations

PolkitPermission — PolicyKit GPermission implementation

PolkitSubject — Type for representing subjects
PolkitUnixProcess — Unix processs
PolkitUnixSession — Unix sessions
PolkitSystemBusName — Unique system bus names

PolkitIdentity — Type for representing identities
PolkitUnixUser — Unix users
PolkitUnixGroup — Unix groups
PolkitUnixNetgroup — Unix netgroups

IV. Backend API Reference

PolkitBackendAuthority — Abstract base class for authority backends
PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthority — Interactive Authority
PolkitBackendLocalAuthority — Local Authority

V. Authentication Agent API Reference

PolkitAgentListener — Abstract base class for Authentication Agents
PolkitAgentTextListener — Text-based Authentication Agent
PolkitAgentSession — Authentication Session

VI. Manual Pages

polkit — Authorization Framework
polkitd — PolicyKit daemon
pkcheck — Check whether a process is authorized
pkaction — Get details about a registered action
pkexec — Execute a command as another user
pklocalauthority — PolicyKit Local Authority
pkttyagent — Textual authentication helper

Object Hierarchy