[systemd-devel] systemctl edit via polkit results in access denied

[Chris Bell]

On 2015-10-16 15:41, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Chris Bell <cwbell at narmos.org> wrote:
>> Is there a way for polkit to correct or temporarily override these
>> permissions? Or should I use ACLs to grant write permission to my
>> user for those directories?
> 
> The problem is that `systemctl edit` only uses D-Bus calls for
> reloading systemd; it still manages the unit files directly. For now,
> use directory ACLs.

Thanks, that's what I ended up doing. I created a new group, 
sd-managers, and gave the group rwX access to the systemd directories 
via ACLs. Now it works as expected, thanks!

--Chris