Mutliple wheel users and pkexec authentication

upnort · 12-21-2014, 05:16 PM

Fedora 21.

I have two wheel users. When I am logged in as one user and run pkexec associated with a respective policy file, the dialog asks to select a user. I prefer not to list the other user and only use the account to which I am logged.

Is there a way to modify the respective *.policy file or create a polkit rule to change the dialog behavior?

Thanks.

unSpawn · 12-22-2014, 04:21 AM

Maybe

Code:

alias pkexec='/usr/bin/pkexec --user ${LOGNAME}'

or see the wrapper example in 'man pkexec'?

upnort · 12-22-2014, 01:12 PM

I was thinking about something like that, but then I tested two other distros and the second wheel account does not appear. Thus there seems to be some mechanism at work in Fedora to cause the second name to appear.

Update:

Code:

alias pkexec='/usr/bin/pkexec --user ${LOGNAME}'

That doesn't work. Still get the drop-down list.