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shoelesshunter

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From: USA

Registered: 2014-05-18

Posts: 289

privilaged process trying to run at login

I am using Plasma/i3wm. I haven't created any new start-up scripts or changed my i3.conf at all.

recently, /bin/sh has been attempting to run with privileges via polkit after my DE loads. I am asked for a password. I have been dismissing this, but I would like to know how to determine what is happening here and how to fix it.

attached is a screenshot of the dialog window asking for the password.

https://imgur.com/a/5KEUl9m

thanks!

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,691

Re: privilaged process trying to run at login

This is some script; check "ps fax | grep -C5 /bin/sh" to hopefully reveal which one.
Edit: or "ps fax | grep -C5 pkexec", since that seems the invocation of polkit.

Last edited by seth (2022-04-18 14:13:19)

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