Bug#855272: systemd: policykit does not show TUI for remote logins

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Thu Feb 16 18:16:50 GMT 2017


Am 16.02.2017 um 18:38 schrieb Ritesh Raj Sarraf:
> On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 18:14 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> So, you have hostA and hostB, both run an X server.
> 
>> You login from hostA to hostB via SSH as userC (and X-forwarding enabled).
>> If you run an action which triggers a polkit prompt where exactly?
>> On hostA, hostB?
> 
> The action (machinectl) is run on hostB over SSH.
> 
>> Does userC have a running X session on hostB besides the SSH session?
> 
> 
> Yes. hostB also runs Debian Unstable + Xorg + GNOME.
> 

With an active X/logind session on hostB for userC?

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