polkit (formerly PolicyKit) is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
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Cannot run graphical applications as super user on Wayland #199
Graphical applications cannot start on Wayland when using pkexec
Desired behaviour
Executing such applications with sudo -E does make them work. So I assume the solution here is for pkexec to keep environment variables.
Reproducer
$ pkexec nemo
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
$ pkexec gparted
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
(gpartedbin:40068): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:32:59.785: cannot open display: :1
In gitlab.freedesktop.org by Lassebq on Jul 27, 2023, 12:43
Link to the original issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/198
Current behaviour, description of the problem
Graphical applications cannot start on Wayland when using pkexec
Desired behaviour
Executing such applications with
sudo -Edoes make them work. So I assume the solution here is for pkexec to keep environment variables.Reproducer
Detailed description
pkexec version 122
Arch Linux 6.4.4-arch1-1