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