Console.apps not allowing users to run system-config-user

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • console.apps
  • polkit

Issue

Adding the following line in /etc/security/console.app/system-config-users does not allow the users of the GROUPNAME group access to run system-config-users.

FALLBACK=true
UGROUPS=<GROUPNAME>

Resolution

Create a polkit entry on the system in question. For local and network groups, use the following example:

# cat /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/48-system-config-users.rules
/* Allow users in <GROUPNAME> group to run System Config Users 
without authentication */
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.fedoraproject.config.users.pkexec.run" &&
        subject.isInGroup("<GRPOUPNAME>")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

[root@example ~]# systemctl restart polkitd

Diagnostic Steps

[root@example ~]$ system-config-users
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

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