On 10/24/2016 02:28 AM, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 at 21:13:24 -0700, Brian Vaughan wrote: >> Authenticating as: Brian Vaughan,,, (brian) >> Password: >> polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure > > Please look in /var/log/auth.log for clues as to why your configured PAM > stack might have refused your valid credentials. > > (It's entirely possible that this was caused by a policykit-1 change, > but to know what to do about it, we'll likely need that information.) > > Thanks, > S >
Here's the part of the auth.log from first launching synaptic through the desktop menu, and second from 'synaptic-pkexec' at the command line. (Full log is attached.) Oct 24 10:22:13 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1413:40576 (system bus name :1.54 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Operator of unix-process:1413:40576 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:1413:40576 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop pkexec[1414]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1413:40576 (system bus name :1.54, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 24 10:22:55 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cp /var/log/auth.log auth.log Oct 24 10:22:55 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) The error message in the terminal was slightly different. ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Brian Vaughan,,, (brian) 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.
Oct 23 18:41:40 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed Oct 23 18:41:40 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify password for [brian] Oct 23 18:41:51 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 23 18:42:02 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get update Oct 23 18:42:02 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 18:42:07 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 18:42:16 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade Oct 23 18:42:16 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 18:42:17 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 18:43:28 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1586:109633 (system bus name :1.60 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 18:43:41 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1586:109633 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:1586:109633 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 18:43:41 brian-laptop pkexec[1587]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 23 18:43:41 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1586:109633 (system bus name :1.60, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 18:43:45 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1594:111372 (system bus name :1.62 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 18:43:51 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1594:111372 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:1594:111372 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 18:43:51 brian-laptop pkexec[1595]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 23 18:43:51 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1594:111372 (system bus name :1.62, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:11:56 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.64 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:12:03 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:12:03 brian-laptop pkexec[1939]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:12:03 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.64, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:12:12 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.66 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:12:18 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:12:18 brian-laptop pkexec[1947]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:12:18 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.66, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:12:54 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.68 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:12:58 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:12:58 brian-laptop pkexec[1960]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:12:58 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.68, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:13:40 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.70 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:13:44 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:13:44 brian-laptop pkexec[1977]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:13:44 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.70, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:13:47 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.72 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:13:50 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:13:50 brian-laptop pkexec[1984]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:13:50 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.72, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:13:58 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.74 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:14:00 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:14:00 brian-laptop pkexec[1993]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:14:00 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.74, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:14:04 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.76 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:14:13 brian-laptop polkit-agent-helper-1[2006]: pam_unix(polkit-1:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty= ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 23 19:14:15 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:1464:97767 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:1464:97767 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:14:15 brian-laptop pkexec[2002]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:14:15 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1464:97767 (system bus name :1.76, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[2050]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[2050]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 19:36:51 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 23 19:37:08 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-cache provides */polkit-1 Oct 23 19:37:08 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:37:08 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 19:37:18 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-cache get */polkit-1 Oct 23 19:37:18 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:37:18 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 19:37:25 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get provides */polkit-1 Oct 23 19:37:25 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:37:25 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 19:43:07 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic Oct 23 19:43:07 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:49:19 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 19:49:38 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2479:506632 (system bus name :1.82 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:49:45 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:2479:506632 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:2479:506632 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:49:45 brian-laptop pkexec[2480]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 23 19:49:45 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2479:506632 (system bus name :1.82, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:50:56 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 23 19:50:56 brian-laptop pkexec[2512]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 1] Oct 23 19:50:56 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session closed for user brian Oct 23 19:50:58 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:50:58 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: New session c2 of user lightdm. Oct 23 19:50:58 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:51:06 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 23 19:51:06 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user brian by (uid=0) Oct 23 19:51:06 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: Removed session c2. Oct 23 19:51:06 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 23 19:51:06 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: New session 6 of user brian. Oct 23 19:51:07 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 23 19:51:07 brian-laptop pkexec[2728]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 0] Oct 23 19:51:22 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2856:516549 (system bus name :1.107 [pkexec whoami], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 19:51:27 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-process:2856:516549 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:2856:516549 [bash] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 19:51:27 brian-laptop pkexec[2863]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/whoami] Oct 23 19:51:27 brian-laptop polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2856:516549 (system bus name :1.107, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 20:11:16 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic Oct 23 20:11:16 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[3202]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[3202]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:18:45 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:20:51 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get -t experimental install policykit-1 Oct 23 20:20:51 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:20:51 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:22:01 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get update Oct 23 20:22:01 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:22:05 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:22:21 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get -t experimental install policykit-1 Oct 23 20:22:21 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:22:21 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:25:05 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/vim /etc/apt/sources.list Oct 23 20:25:05 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:26:02 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:26:11 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get update Oct 23 20:26:11 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:26:21 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:26:46 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get -t experimental install policykit-1 Oct 23 20:26:46 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:27:33 brian-laptop useradd[3913]: new user: name=polkitd, UID=119, GID=65534, home=/var/lib/polkit-1, shell=/bin/false Oct 23 20:27:33 brian-laptop usermod[3918]: change user 'polkitd' password Oct 23 20:27:34 brian-laptop chage[3923]: changed password expiry for polkitd Oct 23 20:27:34 brian-laptop chfn[3926]: changed user 'polkitd' information Oct 23 20:27:35 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:29:12 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d Oct 23 20:29:12 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d Oct 23 20:29:12 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 5 rules Oct 23 20:29:12 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus Oct 23 20:29:27 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 23 20:29:27 brian-laptop pkexec[4051]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 1] Oct 23 20:29:27 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session closed for user brian Oct 23 20:29:29 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:29:29 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: New session c3 of user lightdm. Oct 23 20:29:29 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:29:39 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 23 20:29:39 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user brian by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:29:39 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: Removed session c3. Oct 23 20:29:39 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: New session 9 of user brian. Oct 23 20:29:39 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 23 20:29:41 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 23 20:29:41 brian-laptop pkexec[4330]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 0] Oct 23 20:30:10 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/vim /etc/apt/sources.list Oct 23 20:30:10 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:30:40 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:31:24 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4423:757256 (system bus name :1.139 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 20:31:30 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Operator of unix-process:4423:757256 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:4423:757256 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 20:31:30 brian-laptop pkexec[4424]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 23 20:31:30 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4423:757256 (system bus name :1.139, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 20:31:49 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic Oct 23 20:31:49 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 20:36:04 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 20:57:58 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4803:916693 (system bus name :1.144 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 20:58:22 brian-laptop polkit-agent-helper-1[4808]: pam_unix(polkit-1:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty= ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 23 20:58:24 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Operator of unix-process:4803:916693 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:4803:916693 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 23 20:58:24 brian-laptop pkexec[4804]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 23 20:58:24 brian-laptop polkitd[4043]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4803:916693 (system bus name :1.144, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 23 21:09:23 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 23 21:09:32 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic Oct 23 21:09:32 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 21:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[4923]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 21:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[4923]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 21:19:44 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 21:19:52 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic Oct 23 21:19:52 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 21:24:58 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 21:26:16 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash Oct 23 21:26:16 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 23 21:37:49 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 23 22:14:40 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 23 22:14:40 brian-laptop pkexec[6037]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 1] Oct 23 22:14:40 brian-laptop systemd-logind[595]: System is powering down. Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: New seat seat0. Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event8 (Power Button) Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event13 (Video Bus) Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event12 (Video Bus) Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event6 (Lid Switch) Oct 24 10:16:11 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event7 (Sleep Button) Oct 24 10:16:15 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d Oct 24 10:16:15 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d Oct 24 10:16:16 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 5 rules Oct 24 10:16:16 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus Oct 24 10:16:26 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:16:26 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: New session c1 of user lightdm. Oct 24 10:16:26 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:16:50 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=brian Oct 24 10:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[826]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:17:01 brian-laptop CRON[826]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Oct 24 10:17:02 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 24 10:17:02 brian-laptop lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user brian by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:17:02 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: Removed session c1. Oct 24 10:17:03 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user brian by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:17:03 brian-laptop systemd-logind[588]: New session 3 of user brian. Oct 24 10:17:03 brian-laptop systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user lightdm Oct 24 10:17:16 brian-laptop pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Oct 24 10:17:16 brian-laptop pkexec[1153]: brian: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 0] Oct 24 10:19:57 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=brian rhost= user=brian Oct 24 10:20:24 brian-laptop sudo: brian : 3 incorrect password attempts ; TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cat /var/log/auth.log Oct 24 10:21:08 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cat /var/log/auth.log Oct 24 10:21:08 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Oct 24 10:21:08 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Oct 24 10:22:13 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1413:40576 (system bus name :1.54 [pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Operator of unix-process:1413:40576 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic for unix-process:1413:40576 [/bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec] (owned by unix-user:brian) Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop pkexec[1414]: brian: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0] [CWD=/home/brian] [COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic] Oct 24 10:22:24 brian-laptop polkitd[666]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1413:40576 (system bus name :1.54, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) Oct 24 10:22:55 brian-laptop sudo: brian : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/brian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cp /var/log/auth.log auth.log Oct 24 10:22:55 brian-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
