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gnome-system-tools package

  1. Bug #187335
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 187335

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Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza) wrote :

Folks... for those of you trying to remotely run applications and are not presented with the unlock option, Martin Pitt came up with the solution in another bug report. [1]

System -> Administration -> Authorizations -> org, freedesktop, systemtoolsbackends, Manage system configuration.

Modify the "Implicit Authorizations" with the Edit button, and change the "Anyone" value to "Admin Authentication". (Screenshot attached)

I am now able to unlock tools managed by policy kit remotely (e.g. SSH forwarding, NX, etc).

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183673