# -*- 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 . """ 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()