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otter-polkit is the session polkit agent. Elevated-privilege prompts (package installs, disk operations) show as a password dialog on a layer-shell overlay.

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Usage

otter-polkit
Autostart at login: see Session setup. Test with: 
pkexec echo hello
A password dialog should appear on your focused output.

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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.

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Keybindings

KeyAction
EscapeCancel authentication
EnterSubmit password
Ctrl+UClear password field
Fingerprint auth works via fprintd when enable_fingerprint = true and fprintd is configured for the user.

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Dependencies

Requires D-Bus (fprintd integration). Build with -Denable_dbus=false disables fingerprint support.