Comment 20 for bug 1008344
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| Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote | #20 |
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On 2012-12-31 15:51, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Gunnar Hjalmarsson [2012-12-31 14:27 -0000]:
>> If we can't make polkit provide the desired information without real
>> authentication attempts
>
> This is possible. The polkit API has a flag to enable/disable
> interactivity, depending on which you either get a "no, but you can
> authenticate", or a "yes" answer.
Not enabling interactivity is no longer the problem. If you read comment #17 and check out the latest code in the linked branch, you'll see what I mean.
The problem is that polkit responds with "no, but you can authenticate" (or something like it) also for standard users. Seems like it says "no, but you can authenticate by providing the credentials for an admin user". And that's not what we want to know, is it?