[feat] add --nodaemon param to polkit_agent

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/polkit_agent.py b/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/polkit_agent.py
index 7939b24d..26fd7c8c 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/polkit_agent.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/polkit_agent.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Daemonizes polkit authentication agent.
 
 import os
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
 import daemon
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ def launch():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # TODO pass a --nodaemon flag so that we can launch this in the foreground
-    # and debug this module, getting errors to stderr.
-    launch()
+    if '--nodaemon' in sys.argv:
+        _launch_agent()
+    else:
+        launch()