# polkit

polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes: It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged applications. See the [[polkit(8) manual|http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/polkit.8.html]] page for more detailed information. 


## Documentation

* [[Latest polkit Documentation|http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/]] 

## Source Code

* View latest code on-line: [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/tree/|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/tree/]] 
* View latest changelog/commitlog online: [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/log/|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/log/]] 

### GIT

There are [[guides for using git with freedesktop.org projects|http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Infrastructure/git]]. There is also another tutorial at [[IBM Developerworks site|http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-git/]]. You can also take a look at [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/tree/HACKING|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/tree/HACKING]]. 


### Releases

* Releases are announced on the mailing list 
* Tarballs are available from [[this site|http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/]] 

## Bugs

* [[Open Bugs|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=PolicyKit&content=]] 
* [[Enter a new bug|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=PolicyKit]] 

## Communicate

* Mailing Lists: 
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polkit discussion  |  [[polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org|http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/polkit-devel]] 
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