Source: policykit-1 Section: admin Priority: optional Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team Uploaders: Michael Biebl , Martin Pitt , Simon McVittie , Build-Depends: dbus-daemon , debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-gir, docbook-xsl, duktape-dev, gobject-introspection, intltool, libexpat1-dev, libgirepository1.0-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libpam0g-dev, libselinux1-dev [linux-any], libsystemd-dev [linux-any], meson (>= 0.50.0), pkg-config, xml-core, xsltproc, python3-dbusmock , Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools , libglib2.0-doc , libgtk-3-doc , Rules-Requires-Root: no Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/utopia-team/polkit.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/utopia-team/polkit Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/ Package: polkitd Architecture: linux-any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: adduser | systemd-sysusers, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, default-logind | logind, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Suggests: polkitd-pkla (>= 121+compat0.1), Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~), Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~), Multi-Arch: foreign Description: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged (desktop) applications. . In a typical use of polkit, an unprivileged application such as gnome-disks sends requests via D-Bus or other inter-process communication mechanisms to a privileged system service such as udisks, which asks polkitd for permission to process those requests. This allows the application to carry out privileged tasks without making use of setuid, which avoids several common sources of security vulnerabilities. . This package provides the polkitd D-Bus service and supporting programs. The pkexec program is not included, and can be found in the pkexec package. Package: polkitd-javascript Section: oldlibs Architecture: linux-any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: polkitd (>= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Multi-Arch: foreign Description: transitional package for JavaScript backend for polkitd polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This transitional package exists to provide smooth upgrades from older policykit-1 packages in experimental, and can safely be removed. Package: polkitd-pkla Architecture: linux-any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: polkitd (>= 121+compat0.1), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), Multi-Arch: foreign Description: Legacy "local authority" (.pkla) backend for polkitd polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package configures the polkitd D-Bus service to read default authorization policies from .desktop-style files in subdirectories of /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority. It is compatible with the version of polkitd used in Debian 11 and older releases. Package: pkexec Architecture: linux-any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: polkitd (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), Multi-Arch: foreign Description: run commands as another user with polkit authorization polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . pkexec is a setuid program to allow certain users to run commands as root or as a different user, similar to sudo. Unlike sudo, it carries out authentication and authorization by sending a request to polkit, so it uses desktop environments' familiar prompting mechanisms for authentication and uses polkit policies for authorization decisions. . By default, members of the 'sudo' Unix group can use pkexec to run any command after authenticating. The authorization rules can be changed by the local system administrator. . If this functionality is not required, removing the pkexec package will reduce security risk by removing a setuid program. Package: policykit-1 Section: oldlibs Architecture: linux-any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: pkexec (= ${binary:Version}), polkitd (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Recommends: polkitd-pkla (>= 121+compat0.1), Multi-Arch: foreign Description: transitional package for polkitd and pkexec polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This transitional package depends on polkitd, the system service used by polkit, and pkexec, a setuid program analogous to sudo. They were historically packaged together, but have been separated so that users of polkitd are not required to install pkexec. Package: policykit-1-doc Build-Profiles: Architecture: all Section: doc Depends: ${misc:Depends}, Suggests: devhelp, Description: documentation for polkit polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains the API documentation of polkit. Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-0 Architecture: any Section: libs Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Multi-Arch: same Description: polkit Authorization API polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains a library for accessing polkit. Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-dev Architecture: any Section: libdevel Depends: gir1.2-polkit-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}), libglib2.0-dev, libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, Description: polkit Authorization API - development files polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains the development files for the library found in libpolkit-gobject-1-0. Package: libpolkit-agent-1-0 Architecture: any Section: libs Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Multi-Arch: same Description: polkit Authentication Agent API polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains a library for accessing the authentication agent. Package: libpolkit-agent-1-dev Architecture: any Section: libdevel Depends: gir1.2-polkit-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (= ${binary:Version}), libpolkit-gobject-1-dev, ${misc:Depends}, Description: polkit Authentication Agent API - development files polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains the development files for the library found in libpolkit-agent-1-0. Package: gir1.2-polkit-1.0 Section: introspection Architecture: any Depends: ${gir:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Provides: gir1.2-polkitagent-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}), Description: GObject introspection data for polkit polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit. . This package contains introspection data for polkit. . It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to generate dynamic bindings.