---
name: "pkaction"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "polkit"
version: "128-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pkaction"
---

# pkaction(1)

Get details about a registered action

## 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 polkit actions. If called without **--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 **https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit#bugs-and-development**.

## SEE ALSO

[**polkit**(8)](/polkit/8.md), [**polkitd**(8)](/polkitd/8.md), [**pkcheck**(1)](/pkcheck/1.md), [**pkexec**(1)](/pkexec/1.md), [**pkttyagent**(1)](/pkttyagent/1.md)