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DMoL
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:36 pm    Post subject: Authentication is required to mount the device[polkit, xfce] Reply with quote

Hello!

When I try to mount an ntfs partition on my hard-drive (via Thunar), it prompts me for root password, and in details is shows me that action is "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal" and vendor "The udisks Project".

That dialogue does not appears when I mount the external usb flash stick, everything goes ok, and no password is required.

I have defined all required action (as I think) for mounting without problems, i.e.
Code:

 pkaction | grep org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal



What I should do to passwordless mount my ntfs partition? Thanks for help.[/code]
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi DMoL!

You can add your own rule into '/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/' for passwordless mounting of internal partitions. For instance, create a '/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-udisks.rules' and add this:
Code:

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
   if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal")) {
       return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});


This should grant you to mount your internal partition without password.
Possible return values are
Code:

polkit.Result.NO
polkit.Result.YES
polkit.Result.AUTH_SELF
polkit.Result.AUTH_SELF_KEEP
polkit.Result.AUTH_ADMIN
polkit.Result.AUTH_ADMIN_KEEP
polkit.Result.NOT_HANDLED


** Note: the following localauthority stuff is obsolete and is no longer used by polkit (see ssuominen's post) **

You could also do it the Arch way by letting users in the group "storage" mount without password by using a local authority file. Create a '/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-filesystem-mount-system-internal.pkla' with these contents:
Code:

[Mount a system-internal device]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultActive=yes


The previous rule could also be changed to have an additional check:
Code:

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
   if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal") && subject.isInGroup("storage")) {
       return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});


See 'man 8 polkit' and ArchWiki for more info.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello popsUlfr, thanks for helping.[/code]


popsUlfr wrote:

You could also do it the Arch way by letting users in the group "storage" mount without password by using a local authority file. Create a '/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-filesystem-mount-system-internal.pkla' with these contents:
Code:

[Mount a system-internal device]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultActive=yes




That what I wanted. I have the file /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/meum.pkla with the content:


Code:
[Disks Access and System Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:wheel
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.*;org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.*;org.freedesktop.network-manager-settings.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.*;org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.libvirt.unix.*;org.libvirt.unix.manage;org.freedesktop.ModemManager.*;
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes


And my current user already belongs to wheel group. Why action "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal" isn't applied via pattern "org.freedesktop.udisks.*"?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

can your user unmount without auth after that change?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DMoL wrote:
Hello popsUlfr, thanks for helping.[/code]


popsUlfr wrote:

You could also do it the Arch way by letting users in the group "storage" mount without password by using a local authority file. Create a '/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-filesystem-mount-system-internal.pkla' with these contents:
Code:

[Mount a system-internal device]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultActive=yes




That what I wanted. I have the file /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/meum.pkla with the content:


Code:
[Disks Access and System Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:wheel
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.*;org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.*;org.freedesktop.network-manager-settings.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.*;org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.libvirt.unix.*;org.libvirt.unix.manage;org.freedesktop.ModemManager.*;
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes


And my current user already belongs to wheel group. Why action "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal" isn't applied via pattern "org.freedesktop.udisks.*"?


XML .pkla files are no longer used at all, there should only be JS .rules files in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/
You can safely rm -f *.pkla, and even entire localauthority/ subdir
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ssuominen wrote:
XML .pkla files are no longer used at all, there should only be JS .rules files in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/
You can safely rm -f *.pkla, and even entire localauthority/ subdir


Ah of course, thanks! Explains why anything pklocalauthority related is no where to be found on the system now (and why it didn't do a thing in my tests :/). If I get around to it, I'll update the ArchWiki page.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:59 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] Authentication is required to mount the device Reply with quote

Thanks for ssuominen and other guys! The following has solved my trouble:

Code:
cat /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-admin.rules
polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
    return ["unix-group:wheel"];
});
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
   if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal")) {
       return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:53 pm    Post subject: Re: [SOLVED] Authentication is required to mount the device Reply with quote

DMoL wrote:

Code:

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
   if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal") {
       return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});


I've just registered only to say that you have to realize that these rules are javascript files. So for commenting something out you have to use javascript comments and not #

I had right rules at the top of file, but after that I "commented" other rules with # and whole file was invalidated :!: So take care ;)
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