Modifying And Setting Privileges - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - SECURITY GUIDE 17-03-2009 Manual
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9.3 Modifying and Setting Privileges
To modify implicit privileges or to set explicit ones, you can either use the graphical
Authorizations tool available with GNOME, use the command line tools shipped with
PolicyKit, or modify the configuration files. While the GUI and the command line tools
are a good solution for making temporary changes, editing the configuration files should
be the preferred way to make permanent changes.
9.3.1 Using the Graphical Authorizations
Start the Authorizations tool either via the GNOME main menu by selecting More Ap-
plications > Tools > Authorizations or by pressing Alt + F2 and entering
polkit-gnome-authorization.
TIP: Using the Authorizations tool in non-GNOME environments
Authorizations is a GNOME tool and therefore not installed when the GNOME
desktop environment is not installed. In this case you need to install the package
PolicyKit-gnome in order to use the tool.
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