# -*- 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 os import subprocess import daemon # TODO --- logger won't work when daemoninzed. Log to syslog instead? from leap.bitmask.logs.utils import get_logger logger = get_logger() 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: logger.error("No usable polkit was found.") return logger.debug('Launching polkit auth agent') try: # XXX fix KDE launch. See: #3755 subprocess.call(polkit_agent) except Exception as e: logger.error('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()