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+/* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Red Hat
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Endless OS Foundation LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Written by:
+ * Dan Nicholson <dbn@endlessos.org>
+ * Will Thompson <wjt@endlessos.org>
+ */
+
+#include "gis-pkexec.h"
+
+gboolean
+gis_pkexec (const gchar *command,
+ const gchar *arg1,
+ const gchar *user,
+ GError **error)
+{
+ g_autoptr(GSubprocessLauncher) launcher = NULL;
+ g_autoptr(GSubprocess) process = NULL;
+ const gchar * const root_argv[] = { "pkexec", command, arg1, NULL };
+ const gchar * const user_argv[] = { "pkexec", "--user", user, command, arg1, NULL };
+ const gchar * const *argv = user == NULL ? root_argv : user_argv;
+
+ launcher = g_subprocess_launcher_new (G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_NONE);
+
+ /* pkexec won't let us run the program if $SHELL isn't in /etc/shells,
+ * so remove it from the environment.
+ */
+ g_subprocess_launcher_unsetenv (launcher, "SHELL");
+ process = g_subprocess_launcher_spawnv (launcher, argv, error);
+
+ if (!process) {
+ g_prefix_error (error, "Failed to create %s process: ", command);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ if (!g_subprocess_wait_check (process, NULL, error)) {
+ g_prefix_error (error, "%s failed: ", command);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}