otter-polkit

otter-polkit is the session polkit agent. Package installs and disk operations that need extra privileges open a password dialog on a layer-shell overlay.

Usage

otter-polkit

Autostart at login: see Session setup. Test with:

pkexec echo hello

A password dialog should appear on your focused output.

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/otter-shell/otter-polkit.conf

font_size = 14
title_font_size = 16
dialog_width = 420
dialog_padding = 24
border_width = 2
border_radius = 8
input_height = 36
button_height = 36
max_retries = 3
enable_fingerprint = true

Colors inherit from theme.conf when not set.

Keybindings

Key	Action
Escape	Cancel authentication
Enter	Submit password
Ctrl+U	Clear password field

Fingerprint auth works via fprintd when enable_fingerprint = true and fprintd is configured for the user.

Dependencies

Needs D-Bus for fprintd. Build with -Denable_dbus=false disables fingerprint support.

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Usage

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