polkitd by default just waves through requests from a root process. A new POLKIT_CHECK_AUTHORIZATION_FLAGS_ALWAYS_CHECK flag was added to main (will be part of v125 when it ships) that forces it to go through the policy checks for root too. Previous versions will just ignore it. Change the flags handling slightly so that we pass this or the interactive flags through, as the values match what polkit expects.
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