Configure polkit ---------------- Please copy extras/org.mageia.policykit.pkexec.manatools.policy to /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.mageia.policykit.pkexec.manatools.policy to make apanel be usable through policykit (mcc is currently using pam, a bit more complicated compared to polkit). After that you have to make a symbolic link to apanel.pl into /usr/bin/ (i.e. /usr/bin/apanel.pl) and make your local apanel.pl script executable (chmod +x apanel.pl). This settings will be automatically handled at rpm installation time in future/production. Configure pam ------------- 1. symlink /usr/bin/consolehelper -> /usr/bin/apanel 2. create /etc/pam.d/apanel and populate it with the code below: #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient pam_rootok.so auth required pam_console.so auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so auth include system-auth account required pam_permit.so session optional pam_timestamp.so session optional pam_xauth.so auth required pam_succeed_if.so quiet user != xguest 3. create /etc/security/console.apps/apanel and populate it with the code below: USER=root PROGRAM= 4. authorize apanel to use the display xhost local:root 5. setup apanel.pl to use consolehelper backend ($USE_CHLP) Add ManaTools to the include path (for developers) --------------------------------------------------- symlink trunk/ManaTools to /usr/lib/perl5//ManaTools where currentversion could be for example 5.16.2 Additional notes: 1. if you have installed old org.mageia.policykit.pkexec.policy remove it from /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ 2. you can use at your own risk our script from this directory create_link.sh