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Package: policykit-desktop-privileges

Description: run common desktop actions without password
This package provides a set of PolicyKit privileges which allow Administrators to run common actions without being asked for their password:
 * mounting and checking internal disk drives (through udisks)
 * setting the CPU speed and policy (through the GNOME CPU frequency applet)
 * setting the time and timezone (through the GNOME clock applet or through
 KDE)
 * Adding/changing system-wide NetworkManager connections
 * Update already installed software
 * Configure printers
It does not change privileges for non-Administrators (users who are not in the "admin" or "sudo" group). So this satisfies the typical desktop/laptop use case where the user has full control over the hardware anyway.
This is implemented by shipping a pklocalauthority(8) file.
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