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Description of problem: Whenever you want to gain root privileges using polkit, you are forced to enter the password using the terminal, thus breaking a lot of graphical applications which were gaining root at runtime, instead of being executed directly by root (packagekit, for example, the whole system-* Fedora's specific applications to manage firewall, users, ..) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.100 How reproducible: Update Polkit from 0.98 (latest version available in Fedora 14) to 0.100 (latest version available in rawhide, this version is required by GNOME3) Steps to Reproduce: 1. run in a terminal 'pkexec echo test', in a normal execution a graphical window would pop up and ask user to enter root password; 2. notice that the password is asked directly into the terminal. Actual results: The `textual fallback authentication agent' is used, instead of polkit-gnome authentication agent. Expected results: A graphical popup asking the user to enter the root password.
This is by design as noted here: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=polkit-gnome.git;a=commit;h=0437824d399884b709b2a923d78cc5410d65be72 - e.g. it is the responsibility of the Desktop Environment you are using to start an authentication agent.