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ruby-polkit

DESCRIPTION:

   This extension provides PolicyKit integration.
   The library provides a stable API for applications to use the
   authorization policies from PolicyKit.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

  • Not reported

SYNOPSIS:

In a nutshell:

  require 'polkit'

  PolKit::polkit_check( "org.freedesktop.policykit.read", "root")

  return either :auth, :yes or :no
  in all other cases (unknown DBus UID, etc.) an exception is raised

REQUIREMENTS:

  • PolicyKit-devel
  • ruby-devel

INSTALL:

  • tar xzf ruby-polkit-*.tar.gz
  • cd ruby-polkit-*
  • make
  • make install (might need sudo privileges)

LICENSE:

  (c) 2009 Novell Inc.

  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 2 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, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

  A full copy of the GNU license is provided in the file LICENSE.

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