Hello! Halt on Linux is disabled for average user by default. It will try to request sudo/root password and if fails returns:

sasha@fedora:~$ systemctl halt
Call to Halt failed: Access denied

How can I make same behavior for poweroff action? I know it is possible somehow via PolicyKit rulle

  • user_naa@lemmy.worldOP
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    vor 1 Monat

    SDDM main process is running as root and ignores all policies. So only way is modifying SDDM source code(