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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
+
+import daemon
+
+
+POLKIT_PATHS = (
+    '/usr/lib/lxpolkit/lxpolkit',
+    '/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1',
+    '/usr/lib/mate-polkit/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1',
+    '/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1',
+)
+
+
+# TODO write tests for this piece.
+def _get_polkit_agent():
+    """
+    Return a valid polkit agent to use.
+
+    :rtype: str or None
+    """
+    # TODO: in caso of having more than one polkit agent we may want to
+    # stablish priorities. E.g.: lxpolkit over gnome-polkit for minimalistic
+    # desktops.
+    for polkit in POLKIT_PATHS:
+        if os.path.isfile(polkit):
+            return polkit
+
+    return None
+
+
+def _launch_agent():
+    """
+    Launch a polkit authentication agent on a subprocess.
+    """
+    polkit_agent = _get_polkit_agent()
+
+    if polkit_agent is None:
+        print("No usable polkit was found.")
+        return
+
+    print('Launching polkit auth agent')
+    try:
+        # XXX fix KDE launch. See: #3755
+        subprocess.call(polkit_agent)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('Error launching polkit authentication agent %r' % (e, ))
+
+
+def launch():
+    """
+    Launch a polkit authentication agent as a daemon.
+    """
+    with daemon.DaemonContext():
+        _launch_agent()
+
+
+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()