pkexec

Application development toolkit for controlling system-wide privileges

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pkexec.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install policykit-1
Ubuntu
apt-get install policykit-1
Alpine
apk add polkit
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S polkit
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install policykit-1
CentOS
yum install polkit
Fedora
dnf install polkit
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install policykit-1
Raspbian
apt-get install policykit-1
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pkexec
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pkexec pkexec powered by Commando

polkit

Application development toolkit for controlling system-wide privileges

policykit-1

framework for managing administrative policies and privileges

PolicyKit 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 (desktop) applications.