Re:Re: [bug]: xfce4: xfpm-power-backlight-helper alway let me input password.

[tumashu]

At 2022-02-22 15:04:22, "宋文武" <iyzsong@outlook.com> wrote:

>tumashu <tumashu@163.com> writes:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>>   When I update my guix system today, I have found that run xfce4: 
>> xfpm-power-backlight-helper alway let me input password,  how to avoid input 
>> password?
>
>No answer yet, my understand is that:
>
>1. xfpm-power-backlight-helper need to run with 'pkexec'.
>2. 'pkexec' will always ask for password unless some polkit rules allow
>   the action.
>3. '/etc/polkit-1/actions/org.xfce.power.policy' allows the action, but its
>   executable is something like
>   
> '/gnu/store/vsnzjhjm37cd42w7vv7mxgy8hi8w6zi0-xfce4-power-manager-4.16.0/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper'.
>   
>So run 'pkexec xfpm-power-backlight-helper' will ask for password while 
>'pkexec /gnu/store/.../xfpm-power-backlight-helper' will not.

no,  need input password when run "pkexec 
/gnu/store/.../xfpm-power-backlight-helper"

I do not run this command by hand, when I start xfce4 with slim,  a window pop 
and let me input password many time,
when I press Fkey,  ask password again.