pkaction: polkit Reference Manual

## pkaction pkaction — Get details about a registered action |

## Synopsis

`pkaction` [`--version`] [`--help`]

`pkaction` [ `--verbose` ]

`pkaction` `--action-id` `action` [ `--verbose` ]

## DESCRIPTION

pkaction is used to obtain information about registered polkit actions. If called without `--action-id` then all actions are displayed. Otherwise the action `action`. If called without the `--verbose` option only the name of the action is shown. Otherwise details about the actions are shown.

## RETURN VALUE

On success pkaction returns 0. Otherwise a non-zero value is returned and a diagnostic message is printed on standard error.

## AUTHOR

Written by David Zeuthen `<davidz@redhat.com>` with a lot of help from many others.

## BUGS

Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the polkit-devel mailing list, see the link https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/ on how to subscribe.

## SEE ALSO

polkit(8), polkitd(8), pkcheck(1), pkexec(1), pkttyagent(1)