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David Zeuthen 86b925a294 Add a PolicyKit authentication agent
A PolicyKit Authentication Agent is a construct used to authenticate
one or more identities. See the PolicyKit documentation for more
details on authentication agents and how PolicyKit works:

    http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/polkit/

Since gjs does not support subclassing a GObject class from Javascript
code, we bring in a native class to bridge the VFuncs to GObject
signals. Additionally, this native class also queues up authentication
requests so the user of the native class only has to deal with a
single outstanding request at any one time.

The file js/ui/polkitAuthenticationAgent.js introduces a singleton
that listens for authentication requests via the native class. This
singleton uses the PolkitAgent machinery to do the actual heavy-weight
lifting required for authentication (essentially a PAM conversation).

We currently don't allow the user to pick the identity to be
authenticated.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642886

Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
2011-02-22 15:13:56 -05:00
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GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop,
like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes
advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces
innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and
easy to use experience.

For more information about GNOME Shell, including instructions on how
to build GNOME Shell from source and how to get involved with the project,
see:

 http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell

Bugs should be reported at http://bugzilla.gnome.org against the 'gnome-shell'
product.

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