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authorTomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se>2013-09-04 08:45:28 -0300
committerTomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se>2013-09-04 08:45:28 -0300
commitcdc10a30b0a76eaa5c302b12996766faa90300dc (patch)
tree7b31c82bef19873888ab21717bd73bd5f616648d /src/leap/bitmask/util
parent5dc4bf2886e13a914f8888bc4e49ac813f3cd56c (diff)
parentd315312740333abf8450e4e0b004d219a0936488 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'kali/bug/fix-polkit-aut' into develop
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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 logging
+import subprocess
+
+import daemon
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+BASE_PATH = "/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/"\
+ + "polkit-%s-authentication-agent-1"
+
+GNOME_PATH = BASE_PATH % ("gnome",)
+KDE_PATH = BASE_PATH % ("kde",)
+
+
+def _launch_agent():
+ logger.debug('Launching polkit auth agent')
+ print "launching polkit"
+ try:
+ subprocess.call(GNOME_PATH)
+ except Exception as exc:
+ try:
+ subprocess.call(KDE_PATH)
+ except Exception as exc:
+ logger.error('Exception while running polkit authentication agent '
+ '%s' % (exc,))
+
+
+def launch():
+ with daemon.DaemonContext():
+ _launch_agent()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ launch()