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author | Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2024-09-11 09:47:57 +0200 |
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committer | Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2024-09-11 10:15:27 +0200 |
commit | 532e746da530781dbe8073021156f4f1dd8e2cda (patch) | |
tree | 891728f84dd5c3865632c38f1c6fdb063e6f2721 /README.md | |
parent | 3d2aaec9a604282bf0e561df6e676277dd079c7f (diff) | |
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ship a polkit rule...
... to allow running `pacman-offline` without authentication
for users of group `wheel`.
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@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ It accepts some arguments: * *-t*: start timer for nightly reboot * *-y*: update sync databases +### Elevating privileges + +The privileges are elevated automatically if `polkit` is installed. This works +with no authentication if your user is member of the group `wheel`. To add your +user to that group run: + + usermod --append --groups wheel user + +If your user is not member of that group you will be asked for a password. + ### Timer for preparation You can enable a timer to prepare the offline update automatically. |