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List of applications that will need policy files for pkexec

Thunar

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC

• "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">

<policyconfig>

• <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.thunar">

  • <message gettext-domain="thunar">Authentication is required to run thunar as root</message> <icon_name>system-file-manager</icon_name> <defaults>

    • <allow_any>no</allow_any> <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive> <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>

    </defaults> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/thunar</annotate> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>

  </action>

</policyconfig>

Mousepad <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC

• "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">

<policyconfig>

• <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.mousepad">

  • <message gettext-domain="mousepad">Authentication is required to run mousepad as root</message> <icon_name>Text Editor</icon_name> <defaults>

    • <allow_any>no</allow_any> <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive> <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>

    </defaults> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/mousepad</annotate> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>

  </action>

</policyconfig>

xfce4-terminal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC

• "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">

<policyconfig>

• <vendor>xfce4-terminal</vendor> <vendor_url>xfce4-terminal</vendor_url> <icon_name>terminal</icon_name> <action id="org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.xfce4-terminal">

  • <description>Run "xfce4-terminal"</description> <message>Authentication is required to run xfce4-terminal</message> <defaults>

    • <allow_any>auth_admin</allow_any> <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive> <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>

    </defaults>

    • <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal</annotate> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>

    </action>

</policyconfig>