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What happens when I press “Shut Down” from the GUI?

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

I have been banging my head against this for quite a while now. It’s related to this question. I would like to find out exactly what happens when I choose to shut down my Linux box from the GUI. This seems to be poorly (if at all) documented.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags debian, gnome, gnome3, polkit, shutdown Leave a comment

Restarting systemd service only as a specific user?

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

I created some systemd services which basically works:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags access-control, polkit, sudo, systemd Leave a comment

Explanation of file – org.freedesktop.login1.policy

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

I am using Ubuntu 16.04.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags authorization, polkit, power-management, shutdown, systemd Leave a comment

What are ConsoleKit and PolicyKit? How do they work?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I have seen that recent GNU/Linux are using ConsoleKit and PolicyKit. What are they for? How do they work?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags consolekit, linux, polkit Leave a comment
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