Why non-root users being prompted for the polkit authentication in ssh session?
Issue
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Why below error is occurring in ssh session?
root@localhost:/) ssh -l user example.com user@example.com's password: Last login: Mon May 22 19:03:58 2017 setenforce: setenforce() failed ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units === Authentication is required to manage system services or units. Authenticating as: root Password: polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Failed to stop firewalld.service: Access denied See system logs and 'systemctl status firewalld.service' for details. $
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Polkit
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