PolicyKit-mate provides an Authentication Agent for PolicyKit that integrates well with the MATE desktop environment See http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit for lots of documentation, mailing lists, etc. about PolicyKit. See also the file HACKING for notes of interest to developers working on PolicyKit-mate. Report bugs against PolicyKit-mate at github https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-polkit/issues MATE polkit is a fork of GNOME polkit.