[SOLVED] polkit-gnome prompt for root password?

mshlinux · 10-10-2016, 10:28 AM

I use thunar, gvfs, polkit and polkit-gnome in Arch Linux which is installed on LVM and dual-booted with Fedora.
Everything is ok but when I click on Fedora's home partition in Thunar's side pane in Arch Linux, polkit-gnome prompts for root password. I think it should prompt for user password.

my /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-default.rules is

Code:

/* -*- mode: js; js-indent-level: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */

// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, it will be overwritten on update
//
// Default rules for polkit
//
// See the polkit(8) man page for more information
// about configuring polkit.

polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
    return ["unix-group:wheel"];
});

my user is membership in these groups:

Code:

lp users wheel

According to Arch wiki page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit
saying this:

Quote:

The Arch default is to make all members of the group wheel administrators.

it should prompt for user password, I think. But not.

c0wb0y · 10-11-2016, 03:09 AM

AFAIK, despite that the home partition is already mounted, Thunar is unaware of that and tries to mount it all the same. And mounting unremovable drive/partitions (by default) can be bone by root only, hence the root password. Dolphin will does the same. That's why I always hide all raw devices from File manager's view.

mshlinux · 10-13-2016, 11:03 PM

solved it, here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=218083