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authorKali Kaneko <kali@leap.se>2018-01-18 15:37:18 +0100
committerKali Kaneko <kali@leap.se>2018-01-25 01:19:16 +0100
commitc3306592fbb54fab0da44a8faaa8a1c6954537fd (patch)
tree0a9b406f81d33af40e1e943f0e330c28b06eb9ed /src/leap/bitmask/vpn/polkit.py
parent276c717b0d1d662cabc117cea7373418efedde09 (diff)
[feat] report missing polkit properly from main UI
also refactor and move polkit_agent so that it does not depend on having bitmask on the path.
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# polkit_agent.py
+# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Daemonizes polkit authentication agent.
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+POLKIT_PATHS = (
+ '/usr/bin/lxpolkit',
+ '/usr/bin/lxqt-policykit-agent',
+ '/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1',
+ '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/polkit-mate/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1',
+ '/usr/lib/mate-polkit/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1',
+ '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1',
+ '/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1',
+ # now we get weird
+ '/usr/libexec/policykit-1-pantheon/pantheon-agent-polkit',
+ '/usr/lib/polkit-1-dde/dde-polkit-agent',
+ # do you know some we're still missing? :)
+)
+
+POLKIT_PROC_NAMES = (
+ 'polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1',
+ 'polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1',
+ 'polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1',
+ 'lxpolkit',
+ 'lxsession',
+ 'gnome-shell',
+ 'gnome-flashback',
+ 'fingerprint-polkit-agent',
+ 'xfce-polkit',
+)
+
+
+# TODO write tests for this piece.
+def _get_polkit_agent():
+ """
+ Return a valid polkit agent to use.
+
+ :rtype: str or None
+ """
+ for polkit in POLKIT_PATHS:
+ if os.path.isfile(polkit):
+ return polkit
+ return None
+
+
+def launch():
+ """
+ Launch a polkit authentication agent as a daemon.
+ """
+ agent = _get_polkit_agent()
+ subprocess.call("(setsid {polkit} &)".format(polkit=agent), shell=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ launch()