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Re: [STUMP] Authentication agent under stumpwm - lxpolkit?
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Johnny |
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Re: [STUMP] Authentication agent under stumpwm - lxpolkit? |
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Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:46:32 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Diogo F. S. Ramos) writes:
> Johnny <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Is there a better way to run an authentication agent under stumpwm? How
>> do other users do?
>
> I'm not entirely sure what an "authentication agent" is, but whenever I
> have to run something along with stumpwm, I put it in my ~/.xinit or
> start it from ~/.stumpwmrc.
>
> I even saw people running ssh-agent from ~/.xinit.
I don't understand the full workings, but basically an authentication
agent is used by an application to run as another user, e.g. in this
case I am running virt-manager as a normal user, and the authentication
agent (when running) pops up and lets me run the application by giving
root credentials. Without this, virt-manager will not let me access the
virtual machines.
I could probably put the command in one of the init files, but I am sure
other users must have similar applications and wonder if there is a
better way to resolve authentication?
--
Johnny