Privilege Escalation Timeout in GUI

[sym]

Hi all, I’ve been wondering for a while now if it’s possible to extend the time interval between root password requests when prompted for it via the GUI; specifically when installing packages. I know how to configure sudo to make this longer, but via the UI, I often have to enter my password 10 mins after previously entering it. I’d love to configure it so one password entry could last an hour or so.

[scotty65]

I assume you are referring to pamac, Manjaro’s package manager.

Pamac uses polkit, not sudo, for authorisation. This could be a solution for you:

How to override polkit password prompt in pamac?

Alright, I have a working solution. I add /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-pamac-override.rules with this contents: polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if (action.id == "org.manjaro.pamac.commit" && subject.isInGroup("butla")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } }) When I add the file polkitd reloads the rules, which can be observed when running systemctl status polkit.service.

Just make sure you change “butla” in “subject.isInGroup("butla")” to your own user group.