Linux Desktop through RDP and polkit access blocking

Jan. 30, 2021
Category: Linux

When RDP-ing to a Linux Desktop (KDE) there are a lot of prompts for access blocked to some services.

Using these policies to convice polkit to allow this access

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla

[Allow Colord all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profil$
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=auth_admin
ResultActive=yes

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/46-allow-update-repo.pkla

[Allow Package Management all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/30-site.d/20-no-show-proxy-dialog.pkla

[No Show Proxy Dialog]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-network-proxy-configure
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=no

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/47-allow-network-manager.pkla

[Network Manager all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system;org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes