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this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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Your polkit will always prompt you for a password. No need to complicate it. If it doesn't, then it doesn't need to be ran as root
Obviously I would want to input a password.
That comment meant anything that needs root will prompt for it WITHOUT you running as root. Running GUI apps as root directly won't work well (1, it isn't a good idea. 2, your user likely owns the X session)