My dot files
My not very elegant solution to this problem is to keep copies of 2 rules files which I then (as ROOT) insert into /etc/polkit-1/rules.d after a new installation. Be aware of lowered security when using these at your own risk!
10-udisks2.rules >
// Allow udisks2 to mount devices without authentication // for users in the "storage" group. polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" || action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount") && subject.isInGroup("storage")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } });
20-shutdown-reboot.rules >
// Rule to allow inactive users in wheel group to reboot or shutdown // polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop" || action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart") && subject.isInGroup("wheel")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } });