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minus-squareMohamed@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoSome do. I’m sure it is possible with terminal programs. In KDE, you do get authenticator pop-ups.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWith arch+xfce4 I mostly don’t. Except for when I do systemctl reload <service> in a cli without sudo and it pops a surprise elevation password request gui in my face. I haven’t figured out what makes it behave like that. I use Arch btw 👉🧐 eats booger
minus-squarem0stlyharmless@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 day agoThat’s the result of polkit (policy kit) authentication agents. These are typically DE-specific for their GUIs. pkexec is comparable to sudo and can be used from the terminal to get the graphical prompt for elevated commands.
Some do. I’m sure it is possible with terminal programs. In KDE, you do get authenticator pop-ups.
With arch+xfce4 I mostly don’t. Except for when I do systemctl reload <service> in a cli without sudo and it pops a surprise elevation password request gui in my face. I haven’t figured out what makes it behave like that.
I use Arch btw 👉🧐 eats booger
That’s the result of polkit (policy kit) authentication agents. These are typically DE-specific for their GUIs.
pkexec is comparable to sudo and can be used from the terminal to get the graphical prompt for elevated commands.