On Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:20:00 +0100 intrigeri <intrig...@debian.org> wrote:
> At first glance, it seems that either your user is not allowed to run > commands as root via polkit, or you don't have working polkit in your > current desktop session. > > Can you try running: > > $ pkexec whoami > > ... and report back what's happening? I tried. ``` $ pkexec whoami ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec === Authentication is needed to run `/usr/bin/whoami' as the super user Authenticating as: KenichiroMATOHARA,,, (mk) Password: polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported. ``` ``` $ sudo tail /var/log/auth.log : Feb 10 00:35:17 x220 polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:28789:1127161 (system bus name :1.91 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Feb 10 00:35:19 x220 polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:28789:1127161 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:28789:1127161 [bash] (owned by unix-user:mk) Feb 10 00:35:19 x220 pkexec[29524]: mk: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/2] [CWD=/home/mk] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Feb 10 00:35:19 x220 polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:28789:1127161 (system bus name :1.91, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Feb 10 00:35:21 x220 sudo: mk : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/mk ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tail /var/log/auth.log Feb 10 00:35:21 x220 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by mk(uid=0) ``` > And it worked, right? It was work properly until the end. I can use the Tails. I have tried to change from awesome wm to Gnome. Authentication seems dialogue is activated is displayed. ``` $ pkexec whoami root ``` I tried the "Tails Installer" in Gnome. It was operating normally. It seems to be a problem that occurs in the "awesome wm" environment.
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