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<span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Zeuthen</span>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="ref-design.html">I. Design Overview</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="introduction.html#intro-about">About</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="polkit-spec-history.html">History and Prior Art</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro-define-problem.html">Defining the Problem</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="model.html">PolicyKit Model</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="model.html#model-mechanism-vs-policy">Mechanims vs. Policy</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="model-concepts.html">Concepts</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="model-theory-of-operation.html">Theory of Operation</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="model-authentication-agent.html">Authentication Agent</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="polkit-conf.html">PolicyKit configuration</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="polkit-conf.html#conf-declaring-actions">Declaring Actions</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="polkit-conf.html#conf-declaring-actions-annotations">Annotations</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="beyond-defaults.html">Beyond the Defaults</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="ref-core.html">II. Core API Reference</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-types.html">Basic types</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Type definitions for common primitive types.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-sysdeps.html">System Dependencies</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Various platform specific utility functions</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-simple.html">Simple convenience interface</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Simple convenience interface</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-error.html">Error reporting</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Representation of recoverable errors.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-result.html">Results</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Definition of results of PolicyKit queries.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-action.html">Actions</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Models what a caller is attempting to do.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-seat.html">Seat</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents a ConsoleKit Seat.</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-session.html">Session</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents a ConsoleKit Session.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-caller.html">Caller</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents a process requesting a mechanism to do something.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-dbus.html">Caller Determination</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Obtaining seat, session and caller information
via D-Bus and ConsoleKit.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-context.html">Context</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — The main interface used to query PolicyKit.</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-config.html">Configuration</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents the system-wide <code class="literal">/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf</code> file.</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-policy-file.html">Policy Definition Files</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents a set of declared actions.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-policy-file-entry.html">Policy File Entry</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Represents a declared action in a policy file.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-policy-default.html">Defaults</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Models the default policy for an action.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-policy-cache.html">Policy Cache</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Holds the actions defined on the system.</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-authorization.html">Authorization Entry</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — An entry in the autothorization database</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-authorization-constraint.html">Authorization Constraints</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Conditions that must be satisfied in
order for an authorization to apply</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-authorization-db.html">Authorization Database</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Reading from and writing to the database storing authorizations</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-polkit-grant.html">Authorizations and Authentication</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Obtain authorizations through
authentication.</span>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="tools-fileformats.html">III. Tools and file formats</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="PolicyKit.8.html">PolicyKit</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Centralized policy management</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="PolicyKit.conf.5.html">PolicyKit.conf</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — PolicyKit configuration file</span>
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<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-auth.1.html">polkit-auth</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Manage authorizations</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-action.1.html">polkit-action</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — List and modify registered PolicyKit actions</span>
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<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-policy-file-validate.1.html">polkit-policy-file-validate</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Validate a PolicyKit policy file</span>
</dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="polkit-config-file-validate.1.html">polkit-config-file-validate</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Validate a PolicyKit configuration file</span>
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<dt><span class="index"><a href="ix01.html">Index of deprecated symbols</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="index"><a href="ix02.html">Index of new symbols in 0.7</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="index"><a href="ix03.html">Index of new symbols in 0.8</a></span></dt>
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