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Drop dependency on pkexec

Brandon Nielsen requested to merge nielsenb-jf/gnome-control-center:no_cc-remote-login-helper into main

Based on discussion on fedora-devel[0][1] as well as #1604 (closed), drop the use of pkexec. pkexec was used only for starting / stopping / enabling / disabling the sshd service via systemd[2] (via dbus).

This changes the org.gnome.controlcenter.remote-login-helper policy to request the necessary systemd permissions, and changes to using polkit to request the permission, then making the dbus calls once the permission is acquired.

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