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pkcheck(1)


NAME

   pkcheck - Check whether a process is authorized

SYNOPSIS

   pkcheck [--version] [--help]

   pkcheck [--list-temp]

   pkcheck [--revoke-temp]

   pkcheck --action-id action
           {--process { pid | pid,pid-start-time | pid,pid-start-time,uid }
           | --system-bus-name busname} [--allow-user-interaction]
           [--enable-internal-agent] [--detail key value...]

DESCRIPTION

   pkcheck is used to check whether a process, specified by either
   --process (see below) or --system-bus-name, is authorized for action.
   The --detail option can be used zero or more times to pass details
   about action. If --allow-user-interaction is passed, pkcheck blocks
   while waiting for authentication.

   The invocation pkcheck --list-temp will list all temporary
   authorizations for the current session and pkcheck --revoke-temp will
   revoke all temporary authorizations for the current session.

   This command is a simple wrapper around the PolicyKit D-Bus interface;
   see the D-Bus interface documentation for details.

RETURN VALUE

   If the specified process is authorized, pkcheck exits with a return
   value of 0. If the authorization result contains any details, these are
   printed on standard output as key/value pairs using environment style
   reporting, e.g. first the key followed by a an equal sign, then the
   value followed by a newline.

       KEY1=VALUE1
       KEY2=VALUE2
       KEY3=VALUE3
       ...

   Octects that are not in [a-zA-Z0-9_] are escaped using octal codes
   prefixed with \. For example, the UTF-8 string fl, will be printed
   as f\303\270l\54\344\275\240\345\245\275.

   If the specificied process is not authorized, pkcheck exits with a
   return value of 1 and a diagnostic message is printed on standard
   error. Details are printed on standard output.

   If the specificied process is not authorized because no suitable
   authentication agent is available or if the --allow-user-interaction
   wasn't passed, pkcheck exits with a return value of 2 and a diagnostic
   message is printed on standard error. Details are printed on standard
   output.

   If the specificied process is not authorized because the authentication
   dialog / request was dismissed by the user, pkcheck exits with a return
   value of 3 and a diagnostic message is printed on standard error.
   Details are printed on standard output.

   If an error occured while checking for authorization, pkcheck exits
   with a return value of 127 with a diagnostic message printed on
   standard error.

   If one or more of the options passed are malformed, pkcheck exits with
   a return value of 126. If stdin is a tty, then this manual page is also
   shown.

NOTES

   Do not use either the bare pid or pid,start-time syntax forms for
   --process. There are race conditions in both. New code should always
   use pid,pid-start-time,uid. The value of start-time can be determined
   by consulting e.g. the proc(5) file system depending on the operating
   system. If fewer than 3 arguments are passed, pkcheck will attempt to
   look up them up internally, but note that this may be racy.

   If your program is a daemon with e.g. a custom Unix domain socket, you
   should determine the uid parameter via operating system mechanisms such
   as PEERCRED.

AUTHENTICATION AGENT

   pkcheck, like any other PolicyKit application, will use the
   authentication agent registered for the process in question. However,
   if no authentication agent is available, then pkcheck can register its
   own textual authentication agent if the option --enable-internal-agent
   is passed.

AUTHOR

   Written by David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> with a lot of help from
   many others.

BUGS

   Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the polkit-devel
   mailing list, see the link
   http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/polkit-devel on how to
   subscribe.

SEE ALSO

   polkit(8), pkaction(1), pkexec(1), pkttyagent(1)



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