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## NAME
       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 PolicyKit actions. If called with
       **--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 **<http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/polkit-devel>** on how to subscribe.

## SEE ALSO
       [**polkit**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/polkit/8/markdown), [**pkcheck**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pkcheck/1/markdown), [**pkexec**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pkexec/1/markdown), [**pkttyagent**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pkttyagent/1/markdown)



polkit                                        May 2009                                   [PKACTION(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PKACTION/1/markdown)