Explanation of polkitd Unregistered Authentication Agent

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In  var log secure every time a user logs in or logs out I notice the messages shown below stating Unregistered and Registered Authentication Agent  I have not been able to figure out why these messages keep occurring  Any help with understanding why these messages are occurring and or if it is possible to fix them would be greatly appreciated      Aug 25 09 00 40 TEST polkitd authority local   Unregistered Authentication Agent for session  org freedesktop ConsoleKit Session18  system bus name  1 4467  object path  org gnome PolicyKit1 AuthenticationAgent  locale en US utf8   disconnected from bus       Aug 25 13 03 19 TEST polkitd authority local   Registered Authentication Agent for session  org freedesktop ConsoleKit Session2  system bus name  1 43   usr libexec polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1   object path  org gnome PolicyKit1 AuthenticationAgent  locale en US utf8

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I found this problem too  Because centos service depend on multi-user target for none desktop Cenots 7 2  so I delete multi-user target from my  service file  It had missed

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Policykit is a system daemon and policykit authentication agent is used to verify identity of the user before executing actions  The messages logged in  var log secure show that an authentication agent is registered when user logs in and it gets unregistered when user logs out  These messages are harmless and can be safely ignored

[linux] Explanation of polkitd Unregistered Authentication Agent

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