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URL: https://askubuntu.com/q/1187756
Title: New message when rebooting from login screen: Authentication is required for rebooting the system while an application asked to inhibit it
ID: /2019/11/10/New-message-when-rebooting-from-login-screen_-Authentication-is-required-for-rebooting-the-system-while-an-application-asked-to-inhibit-it
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You can get a list of all systemd inhibitors with this:

$ systemd-inhibit --list

     Who: rick (UID 1000/rick, PID 2358/unity-settings-)
    What: sleep
     Why: GNOME needs to lock the screen
    Mode: delay

     Who: rick (UID 1000/rick, PID 2358/unity-settings-)
    What: handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key
     Why: GNOME handling keypresses
    Mode: block

     Who: NetworkManager (UID 0/root, PID 1189/NetworkManager)
    What: sleep
     Why: NetworkManager needs to turn off networks
    Mode: delay

     Who: Unattended Upgrades Shutdown (UID 0/root, PID 1372/unattended-upgr)
    What: shutdown
     Why: Stop ongoing upgrades or perform upgrades before shutdown
    Mode: delay

     Who: rick (UID 1000/rick, PID 2358/unity-settings-)
    What: handle-lid-switch
     Why: Multiple displays attached
    Mode: block

5 inhibitors listed.

However the list doesn’t change after you open a file for editing for example. You can use this instead:

$ dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.gnome.SessionManager /org/gnome/SessionManager org.gnome.SessionManager.GetInhibitors

method return time=1573403207.555584 sender=:1.49 -> destination=:1.1853 serial=7743 reply_serial=2
   array [
   ]

$ gedit temp &

# Now type some text into gedit but don't save the file

$ dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.gnome.SessionManager /org/gnome/SessionManager org.gnome.SessionManager.GetInhibitors

method return time=1573403241.678869 sender=:1.49 -> destination=:1.1855 serial=7747 reply_serial=2
   array [
      object path "/org/gnome/SessionManager/Inhibitor1727"
   ]

In the first instance there are no inhibitor locks. We edit a file in gedit and in the second instance a lock exists. However it doesn’t actually tell us the name gedit.

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