For version 0.105 — the latest version of this documentation can be found at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/.


I. polkit Overview
Introduction
Writing polkit applications
Writing polkit Authentication Agents
II. D-Bus API Reference
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority Interface — Authority Interface
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.AuthenticationAgent Interface — Authentication Agent Interface
III. Client API Reference
polkitauthority
polkitauthorizationresult
polkitdetails
polkiterror
polkitactiondescription
PolkitTemporaryAuthorization
polkitpermission
Subjects
polkitsubject
polkitunixprocess
polkitunixsession
polkitsystembusname
Identities
polkitidentity
polkitunixuser
polkitunixgroup
polkitunixnetgroup
IV. Authentication Agent API Reference
PolkitAgentListener
PolkitAgentTextListener
PolkitAgentSession
V. Manual Pages
polkit — Authorization Framework
polkitd — PolicyKit daemon
pkcheck — Check whether a process is authorized
pkaction — Get details about a registered action
pkexec — Execute a command as another user
pklocalauthority — PolicyKit Local Authority
pkttyagent — Textual authentication helper
Object Hierarchy
Index
A. License